Laparoscopic versus open gastric wedge resection for primary gastrointestinal tumors: clinical outcomes and health care costs analysis.

The study aimed to compare laparoscopic wedge resection (LWR) versus open-wedge resections (OWR) for primary gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the stomach. Twenty-five patients who underwent LWR were matched by tumor size and location with 25 patients who underwent OWR. GISTs close to the p