title: Robotic management of gastric stromal tumors (GIST): a single Middle Eastern center experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgical resection is the gold standard treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). This paper describes the authors' experience in the management of posterior gastric wall GISTs through the robotic surgical approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case-series analysis for surgically resected GISTs was conducted between 2009 and 2010. All patients were followed up until mid-2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Robotic resection was performed in four cases. There was no evidence of bleeding or leak in all cases. The median hospital length of stay was 8 (5-8) days. No post-operative morbidity or mortality was reported during the follow-up duration (mean ± SD; 40.25 ± 35 months).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings show that the robotic assisted surgical approach to the removal of posterior wall gastric stromal tumors is associated with 100% disease-free survival rate. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Thani
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.|Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.|Internal Medicine, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Menyar
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Ahammed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekkodathil
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elgohary
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Abdel Hakem
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tabeb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011780:Qatar; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: assisted surgery; gastrointestinal stromal tumor; posterior gastric wall; robotic; stromal tumor