Initial results of a new procedure for treatment of malignant obstruction of the left colon
Authors:
- Rosa Fernández-LobatoRFRosa Fernández-Lobato
- Antonio MainarAMAntonio Mainar
- Carmen MontesCMCarmen Montes
- Isabel PintoIPIsabel Pinto
- Luis FernándezLFLuis Fernández
- Esther JorgeEJEsther Jorge
- Ricardo LozanoRLRicardo Lozano
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 40 (4) , 432-436
Abstract
Ed at the site of the tumor; 2) recovery of the general state of the patient, study of the extent of disease, and mechanical preparation of the colon; 3) regulated and final surgery (if this is not suitable, the stent may be used as definitive palliative treatment). RESULTS: In 35 patients (92 percent), the obstruction was resolved with the stent. In 22 patients the three phases were completed, and in 13 patients the stent constituted definitive palliative treatment. Only one patient (2.6 percent) died after resection of the tumor. CONCLUSION: This procedure offers a new, safe, and efficacious option for treatment of neoplastic colorectal obstructions. © The ASCRS 1997...Keywords
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