Abstract | BACKGROUND AND AIM: PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed short-term and long-term outcomes for patients treated with palliative stents for colonic obstruction by extracolonic malignancy (n = 44) or unresectable colorectal cancer (n = 53) from January 2006 to March 2011. RESULTS: Neither the technical success (93.2 vs. 98.1 %, respectively; P = 0.326) nor clinical success (77.3 vs. 84.9 %, respectively; P = 0.433) of stent placement differed significantly in the two groups. Complications as a result of stent placement also differed only slightly in the two groups (perforation: 4.8 % (two cases) vs. 0 %, respectively; migration: 4.8 vs. 5.8 %, respectively, P = 0.343). With regard to long-term outcomes, although stent patency was shorter in the extracolonic malignancy group (P = 0.015), because overall survival in this group was also shorter (P = 0.018), it was sufficient for palliative purposes. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Sung Jin Moon, Sang Woo Kim, Bo-In Lee, Chul-Hyun Lim, Jin Soo Kim, Jin Soo, Jae Myung Park, In Seok Lee, Myung-Gyu Choi, Kyu Yong Choi |
Journal | Digestive diseases and sciences
(Dig Dis Sci)
Vol. 59
Issue 8
Pg. 1891-7
(Aug 2014)
ISSN: 1573-2568 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24077942
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Abdominal Neoplasms
(complications)
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma
(complications)
- Colorectal Neoplasms
(complications)
- Female
- Humans
- Intestinal Obstruction
(etiology, therapy)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Palliative Care
- Retrospective Studies
- Stents
(adverse effects)
- Treatment Outcome
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