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Mahajan, Nandita Nettu

Mayo Clinic

1 Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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Laparoendoscopic Transgastric Resection of Prepyloric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Mahajan, Nandita , Song, Louis M. Wong Kee , Mahajan, Nandita Nettu, Singh Nagpal, Sajan Jiv, Wong Kee Song, Louis M, Blackmon, Shanda H, Mahajan, Nandita N , Nagpal, Sajan Jiv Singh , Blackmon, Shanda

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery | February 11, 2019 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 66-68

10.1177/1556984519826413 Get It

This case report describes an 83-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities who presented with melena and coffee-ground emesis with diagnostic studies evident for a large prepyloric gastrointestinal stromal tumor. She underwent combined laparoendoscopic transgastric resection surgery for the tumor, performed by a team of gastroenterologist and thoracic surgeon with a successful outcome. The case and videos in this report provide a descriptive demonstration of the steps leading up to the surgical intervention followed by a step-by-step illustration of the combined surgical technique, thus highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary approach for optimal treatment of prepyloric gastrointestinal stromal tumor.