Surgical treatment of GIST – An institutional experience of a high-volume center

Abstract

Complete surgical resection is the primary goal and laparoscopy can be performed safely in a subset of GIST-patients with potential perioperative advantages. Although not proven by the present study the authors assume that multimodal GIST-treatment, as performed in reference-centers, is required for advanced or high risk disease. Our data suggest the potential for minimally invasive GIST resection to achieving comparable oncological outcomes as after open surgery while providing low morbidity rates.