Stenting for Obstructing Colon Cancer: Fewer Complications and Colostomies

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Colonic stenting has been used in the setting of malignant obstruction to avoid an emergent colectomy. We sought to determine whether preoperative placement of a colonic stent decreases morbidity and the rate of colostomy formation. METHODS: Cases of obstructing sigmoid, r...

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Published in:JSLS
Main Authors: Mabardy, Allan, Miller, Peter, Goldstein, Rachel, Coury, Joseph, Hackford, Alan, Dao, Haisar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2015
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Scientific Papers
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379870/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848200
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4293/JSLS.2014.00254
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