Surgical treatment of gastric GIST with acute bleeding using laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A report of two cases

Abstract

Key Clinical Message In this report, we want to emphasize how a laparoscopic bariatric surgical procedure, in experienced hands, has shown to be a valid alternative for the hemorrhage control and the removal of a gastrointestinal tumor in a life‐threatening situation.

Keywords

• gastric bleeding
• GIST
• laparoscopy
• sleeve gastrectomy