Expandable metallic stent treatment for malignant colorectal strictures.
Four patients were treated by placement of an expandable metallic stent (two Gianturco Z-stents, two Ultraflex stents) for malignant colorectal strictures. All four patients were able to defecate after stent placement. Stent migration was recognized in one patient. Two patients suffered from tenesmus after stent placement.
Mishima
K
K
Department of Radiology, University Hospital of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-01, Japan.
Sawada
S
S
Tanigawa
N
N
Okuda
Y
Y
Kobayashi
M
M
Koyama
T
T
D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003672:Defecation; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001466:Barium Sulfate