ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BENIGN NONEPITHELIAL TUMORS OF THE ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND DUODENUM

The authors discuss the results of endoscopic removal of benign nonepithelial tumors (BNET) in 45 patients. The data on the character of the process, the site of BNET, its size, rate of the growth, complications, obtained during endoscopy and histological examination of the biopsy material are of definite importance in the choice of the treatment method for BNET. Electric excision alone was used for endoscopic removal of BNET. No complications were recorded. No relapses were revealed within the observation periods from 1 to 14 years. Endoscopic treatment is feasible and tolerable; it does not require the long patient's stay at the hospital. In part of patients, the endoscopic technique can be employed under ambulatory conditions.