Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection of a Bleeding Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
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The authors report a case of a 29-year-old male patient with a severe lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in whom a successful laparoscopic diagnosis and resection (assisted) of an ileal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) was performed. Laparoscopy can be very useful in the diagnosis and treatment of selected cases of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1999