Colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery in malignant large bowel obstruction: oncological outcomes.

Related Articles Colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery in malignant large bowel obstruction: oncological outcomes. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019 Apr;34(4):613-619 Authors: Donlon NE, Kelly ME, Narouz F, McCormick PH, Larkin JO, Mehigan BJ Abstract INTRODUCTION: Stenting of obstructing colorectal cancers obviates the need for emergency surgery, reducing initial morbidity and mortality rate associated with emergency surgery and facilitates full staging of the neoplastic process with an opportunity to optimize the patient for surgery. Some recent publications have suggested however that this approach may be associated with higher local recurrence rates. We examined our outcomes following colonic stenting as…
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