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ea0087p5 | Poster Presentations | UKINETS2022

The role of laparoscopic surgery in the management of appendiceal and small bowel Neuroendocrine tumours

Elbarah Abed , Goulder Frances

Introduction: There is controversy over the best technique for resecting small bowel NETs and performing right hemicolectomies in patients with appendiceal NETs at risk of nodal involvement. Most guidelines recommend open over laparoscopic surgery but a survey suggests that surgeons favour a laparoscopic approach. We have reviewed a series of 14 consecutive primary (not recurrent) small bowel NET resections and post-appendicectomy right hemicolectomies including operative tech...