<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction</bold>: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most frequently mezenchimale tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to analyze the results after surgical treatment of GIST and identify key risk factors influencing postoperative course of these patients in order to discover the most effective therapeutic methods to significantly improve postoperative course of these patients.<bold>Methods</bold>: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients who underwent surgical removal of GISTs from 2004-2014. Patient demographics, criterion for admission, surgery, complications, secondary dissemination, histopathological data and clinical course were analized following patient survival at 12, 24, 36 and to 60 months postoperatively. Statistical analysis was performed using the MedCalc software program, and survival analysis was done by Kaplan Meyer.<bold>Results</bold>: During this period we analyzed a total of 28 cases, including 13 males and 15 females with age from 33 to 80 years (median, 61). The tumor was located in the stomach (15 cases; 53%), small intestine in ten cases (36%) and other sites in three patients (11%). Multivariate analysis revealed that tumor size (P &lt;0,05), criterion for admission (P&lt;0,05) and secondary dissemination (P&lt;0,05) are independed prognostic factors.<bold>Conclusions</bold>: Factors like: age and sex of patients, size and tumor site, presence or absence of metastasis, are prognostic risk factors with significant differences in the evolution of patients with operable GIST. The small number of patients and retrospective nature of the study have created difficulties in the estimation where we concluded the need of a prospective multicentric study.</abstract>

Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most frequently mezenchimale tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to analyze the results after surgical treatment of GIST and identify key risk factors influencing postoperative course of these patients in order to discover the most effective therapeutic methods to significantly improve postoperative course of these patients.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients who underwent surgical removal of GISTs from 2004-2014. Patient demographics, criterion for admission, surgery, complications, secondary dissemination, histopathological data and clinical course were analized following patient survival at 12, 24, 36 and to 60 months postoperatively. Statistical analysis was performed using the MedCalc software program, and survival analysis was done by Kaplan Meyer.Results: During this period we analyzed a total of 28 cases, including 13 males and 15 females with age from 33 to 80 years (median, 61). The tumor was located in the stomach (15 cases; 53%), small intestine in ten cases (36%) and other sites in three patients (11%). Multivariate analysis revealed that tumor size (P <0,05), criterion for admission (P<0,05) and secondary dissemination (P<0,05) are independed prognostic factors.Conclusions: Factors like: age and sex of patients, size and tumor site, presence or absence of metastasis, are prognostic risk factors with significant differences in the evolution of patients with operable GIST. The small number of patients and retrospective nature of the study have created difficulties in the estimation where we concluded the need of a prospective multicentric study.

Surgical Risk Factors of Patients with Operable Gist

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mureş, România

Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica

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Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most frequently mezenchimale tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to analyze the...

Surgical Risk Factors of Patients with Operable Gist

Published Online: Aug 06, 2015

Page range: 100 - 104

Received: Dec 09, 2014

Accepted: Apr 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amma-2015-0031

Keywords
gastrointestinal stromal tumors, survival, prognosis, surgical resection

© Gabos Gabriella et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Surgical Risk Factors of Patients with Operable Gist

Published Online: Aug 06, 2015

Page range: 100 - 104

Received: Dec 09, 2014

Accepted: Apr 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amma-2015-0031

Keywordsgastrointestinal stromal tumors, survival, prognosis, surgical resection

© Gabos Gabriella et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
gastrointestinal stromal tumors, survival, prognosis, surgical resection