Table 1. Summary of studies of laparoscopic resection of gastric GISTs (n>50) showing conversion rates.

Author	Country	Year	Study period	LAP	Open	Conversion (%)	LAP, follow up duration (months)	Open, follow up duration (months)
Lee et al. (27)	Korea	2011	2001–2008	50	50	2	21.1 [0–64]	22.3 [0–93]
Wan et al. (28)	China	2012	2004–2011	68	88	NR	29 [4–89]	36 [4–90]
Kim et al. (29)	Korea	2014	1998–2012	156	250	NR	42.9 [2–166]	NR
Cai et al. (30)	China	2015	2006–2013	90	66	NR	21 [1–90]	44.5 [1–96]
Goh et al. (8)	Singapore	2015	1988–2013	50	50	10	27 [1–140]	60 [6–170]
Chen et al. (31)	China	2016	2006–2012	71	71	0	36 [1–111]	NR
Hu et al. (32)	China	2016	2009–2014	91	85	0	32±16.3	34.2±14.5

NR, not reported; GIST, gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor; LAP, laparoscopic.