Minimally Invasive Small Bowel Cancer Surgery

Abstract

Small bowel malignancies are extremely rare. Surgical resection is often the mainstay of treatment with the extent of the operation depending on the type of tumor. Whereas neuroendocrine tumors and adenocarcinoma require lymph node resection, gastrointestinal stromal tumors do not typically metastasize to regional nodes and therefore need resection only. Minimally invasive approaches are applicable to small tumors that require a limited resection and reconstruction and have been shown to have equal survival benefits with decreased risk of postoperative complications.

Keywords: Carcinoid; Laparoscopic surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Small bowel GIST; Small bowel adenocarcinoma; Small bowel cancer; Small bowel lymphoma; Small bowel neuroendocrine tumor.