Stent as bridge to surgery for left-sided malignant colonic obstruction reduces adverse events and stoma rate compared with emergency surgery: results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.03.1542
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS Twenty years after the first description of the technique, the debate is still open on the role of self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement as a bridge to elective surgery for symptomatic left-sided… read more here.
Keywords: obstruction; surgery; left sided; sided malignant ... See more keywords