title: [Surgical laparoscopic therapy of small bowel tumors: review of the literature and report of two cases].
abstract: The Authors, after a short review of small bowel tumors, point out that recently a laparoscopic approach for these tumors has been suggested and some cases have been reported. The Authors present two cases of patients operated for small bowel tumor using a laparoscopic technique: the first case for a stromal tumor (GIST), the second case for an adenocarcinoma in advanced stage with multilobar lung metastases. The first patient is alive and disease free after one year, the second died after six months for tumor progression. The Authors believe that laparoscopic technique can be employed with satisfying results also in the treatment of small bowel tumors with moderate trauma and invasiveness.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi "G. D'Annunzio" di Chieti.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waku
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Nicola
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aceto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Innocenti
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors