Clinical outcomes of endoscopic versus laparoscopic resection for senile patients with gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours (2 to 4 cm) originating from the muscularis propria layer

Risk factors for postoperative complications in endoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a multi-center analysis

BACKGROUND

Endoscopic resection (ER) is widely used in treating gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gGISTs); however, complications occur frequently after resection. We aimed to determine factors associated with postoperative complications for ER of gGISTs.

METHODS

This was a retrospective, multi-center, observational study. Consecutive patients who underwent ER of gGISTs at five institutes from January 2013 to December 2022 were analyzed. The risk factors for delayed bleeding and postoperative infection were assessed.

RESULTS

A total of 513 cases were finally analyzed. Of 513 patients, 27 (5.3%) had delayed bleeding and 69 (13.4%) had a postoperative infection. Multivariate analysis indicated that risk factors for delayed bleeding were long operative time (OR = 50.655; 95% CI, 13.777-186.252; P < 0.001) and severe intraoperative bleeding (OR = 4.731, 95% CI, 1.139-19.658; P = 0.032), and risk factors for postoperative infection were long operative time (OR = 13.749, 95% CI, 6.884-27.461; P < 0.001) and perforation (OR = 4.339, 95% CI, 2.178-8.644; P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

Our study indicated the risk factors for postoperative complications in ER of gGISTs. Long operation time is a common risk factor for delayed bleeding and postoperative infection. Patients with these risk factors should be given careful observation postoperatively.

Development and validation of a preoperative difficulty scoring system for endoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a multi-center study

BACKGROUND

Endoscopic resection (ER) is a promising technique for resecting gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gGISTs); however, ER is technically challenging. This study aimed to develop and validate a difficulty scoring system (DSS) to determine the difficulty for ER of a gGIST.

METHODS

This retrospective study enrolled 555 patients with gGISTs in multi-centers from December 2010 to December 2022. Data on patients, lesions, and outcomes of ER were collected and analyzed. A difficult case was defined as an operative time ≥ 90 min, or the occurrence of severe intraoperative bleeding, or conversion to laparoscopic resection. The DSS was developed in the training cohort (TC) and validated in the internal validation cohort (IVC) and external validation cohort (EVC).

RESULTS

The difficulty occurred in 97 cases (17.5%). The DSS comprised the following: tumor size ≥ 3.0 cm (3 points) or 2.0-3.0 cm (1 point); location in the upper third of the stomach (2 points); invasion depth beyond the muscularis propria (2 points); lack of experience (1 point). The area under the curve (AUC) of DSS in IVC and EVC was 0.838 and 0.864, respectively, and the negative predictive value (NPV) was 0.923 and 0.972, respectively. The proportions of difficult operation in easy (score 0-3), intermediate (score 4-5), and difficult (score 6-8) categories were 6.5%, 29.4%, and 88.2% in the TC, 7.7%, 45.8%, and 85.7% in the IVC, and 7.0%, 29.4%, and 85.7% in the EVC, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

We developed and validated a preoperative DSS for ER of gGISTs based on tumor size, location, invasion depth, and endoscopists' experience. This DSS can be used to grade the technical difficulty before surgery.