Piccinni G, Angrisano A, Testini M, Bonomo GM. Definitive palliation for neoplastic colonic obstruction using enteral stents: Personal case-series with literature review.
World J Gastroenterol 2004;
10:758-64. [PMID:
14991956 PMCID:
PMC4716927 DOI:
10.3748/wjg.v10.i5.758]
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Abstract
Acute colonic obstruction due to malignancies is an emergency that requires surgical treatment. Elderly patients or inoperable tumors require intestinal decompression that is a simple colostomy in almost all cases. This “manoeuvre” leads the patient to a percentage of mortality/morbidity and to a bad quality of life due to acceptance of stoma. The introduction of enteral metal stent inserted endoscopically has, in our opinion, provided a new way to obtaining the definitive palliation of inoperable colo-rectal cancer with a simple method. We reported our case-series and we analyzed the current literature and costs of treatments.
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