Self-expanding metallic stent in the treatment of colonic obstruction caused by advanced malignancies
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 43 (11) , 1522-1527
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02236731
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:The treatment of malignant obstruction of the left colon or rectum usually requires emergency surgery on poor-risk patients, and the creation of a stoma is usually inevitable. With the use of self-expanding metallic stents, the prompt relief of large-bowel obstruction without suKeywords
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