The role of staging laparoscopy for multimodal therapy of gastrointestinal cancer |
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Authors: | M Hünerbein B Rau P Hohenberger P M Schlag |
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Institution: | Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Robert R?ssle Hospital and Tumor Institute, Lindenbergerweg 80, Humboldt University, 13122 Berlin, Germany, DE
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Abstract: | Background: This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy and the therapeutic relevance of staging laparoscopy.
Methods: Between June 1993 and February 1997 staging laparoscopy was performed in 389 patients with various neoplasms. Additionally,
144 selected patients of this group were examined with laparoscopic ultrasound using a semiflexible ultrasound probe (7.5
MHz).
Results: Compared to conventional imaging methods, laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound improved the accuracy of staging in 158
of 389 patients (41%). Statistical subgroup analysis of 131 patients with gastric cancer showed that the accuracy of staging
laparoscopy in the detection of distant metastases (68%) was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than that of ultrasound (63%) or computed tomography (58%). In the whole group, laparoscopy alone disclosed intraabdominal
tumor dissemination or nonresectable disease in 111 patients. Laparoscopic ultrasound displayed additional metastases—i.e.,
liver metastases (n = 9), M1 lymph nodes (n = 15), or nonresectable tumors (n = 6) in 30 patients. Although metastastic disease
was suggested by preoperative imaging, benign lesions were found in five patients with laparoscopy and in a further 12 patients
with ultrasonography. The findings of staging laparoscopy changed the treatment strategy in 45% of the patients. Conversion
to open surgery was necessary in 5% of the cases, and complications related to laparoscopy occured in 4% of the patients.
Conclusions: Laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasound improves the staging of gastrointestinal tumors and has a significant impact on
a stage-adapted surgical therapy.
Received: 3 April 1997/Accepted: 26 September 1997 |
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Keywords: | : Laparoscopy — Staging — Gastrointestinal tumors — Multimodal therapy |
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