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What is the long-term safety and efficacy of laparoscopic resection for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors?

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boxed-textNovitsky YW et al. (2006) Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Ann Surg 243: 738–747

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Roggin, K., Posner, M. What is the long-term safety and efficacy of laparoscopic resection for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4, 76–77 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0686

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