BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the use of different laparoscopic approaches in the management of @entity356 based on @entity5 type and location. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of seven @entity1 (3 @entity1 and 4 @entity1 ) with 11 @entity1819 who were referred to our facility between March 2000 and October 2001 for laparoscopic excision of @entity356 . RESULTS: Two @entity1 had @entity344 (3 lesions); two @entity1 had @entity1127 (3 lesions); one @entity1 had @entity5 (2 lesions); one @entity1 had a @entity189 in situ and an @entity652 ; and one @entity1 had an @entity788 . Extraluminal laparoscopic wedge resection was used in four @entity1 with lesions at the anterior gastric wall or along the lesser or greater curvature. Intragastric excision was used in two @entity1 with small posterior wall lesions, and a transgastrotomy approach was used in one @entity1 with a posterior wall lesion that could not be removed by the intragastric approach. All the lesions were completely excised with clear margins. The median hospital stay was 3 days. Complications developed in two @entity1 . One @entity1 presented with a perforated @entity1066 2 weeks after surgery, and a second @entity1 had postoperative pyloric @entity4 that resolved with conservative treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The use of different laparoscopic approaches based on @entity356 type and location facilitates @entity5 access and resection.

Technical considerations in laparoscopic resection of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['ectopic pancreas'] @entity1127 :: ('MESH:D011127', 'Disease') :: ['hyperplastic polyps'] @entity1819 :: ('MESH:D013272', 'Disease') :: ['gastric lesions'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'carcinoid tumor'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['edema'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulcer'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal stromal lesions'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma'] @entity652 :: ('MESH:D000236', 'Disease') :: ['adenoma'] @entity356 :: ('MESH:D013274', 'Disease') :: ['gastric neoplasm', 'gastric neoplasms']
@entity356 :: (MESH:D013274,Disease) :: ['gastric neoplasms']
