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Makris MC, Athanasopoulos PG, Kornaropoulos M, Chrysocheris P, Antonakopoulos F, Mathioulaki A, Tsilimigras DI, Ioannidis A, Konstantinidis MK, Moris D, Konstantinidis KM. Robotic resection of a giant retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma: A case report. Mol Clin Oncol 2019; 11:599-601. [PMID: 31693012 DOI: 10.3892/mco.2019.1928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The management of abdominal leiomyosarcoma is challenging. Surgical excision is considered the only effective treatment; however, this is associated with considerable morbidity. Robotic surgery has emerged during the past decades and has enhanced the general surgery armamentarium, allowing surgeons to carry out demanding operations in a safe manner. The surgical resection of retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma (RPLM) can be associated with significant morbidity, which is primarily due to the origin or the close proximity of the tumor with important vascular structures, including the inferior vena cava and tributaries, the duodenum and the ureter. The present case describes the first case of robotic resection of RPLM in a high-volume robotic center. In the present case, a large RPLM was safely removed with respect to oncological principles with the use of the Da Vinci platform.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marinos C Makris
- First Surgical Department, General Hospital of Athens 'G. Gennimatas', Athens 11527, Greece.,Alpha Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens 15123, Greece
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- Department of General, Laparoscopic, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens 15125, Greece
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- First Surgical Department, General Hospital of Athens 'G. Gennimatas', Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of General, Laparoscopic, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens 15125, Greece
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- Department of General, Laparoscopic, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens 15125, Greece
| | - Antonia Mathioulaki
- Department of General, Laparoscopic, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens 15125, Greece
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- Second Surgical Department, Sismanoglion General Hospital, Athens 15126, Greece
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- School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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