[GIST: surgical treatment of 34 cases]

In our Department of General Surgery 34 patients underwent surgery for GIST from 1983 to 2002. In stomach (21 cases) we performed: 7 local resections, 7 partial gastric resections, 5 total gastrectomies, 1 total gastrectomy + splenopancreatectomy, 1 diagnostic laparoscopy with biopsy. In small bowel (5 cases) we performed a typical intestinal resection, while in colon localization (4 cases) 2 anterior colorectal resections and 2 right partial colectomies. In duodenal and omental localization (2 cases each) we performed local resection. There was no operative mortality or morbidity. Actual survival is 67.6%. Prognostic prediction on the basis of histological findings is difficult, thus after surgery we suggest a long last follow-up.