title: Anterograde colonic stent placement via a cecostomy tube site.
abstract: Colonic stents have been used as a method of relieving colonic obstruction since 1991. They are classically inserted in a retrograde fashion via the rectum and are deployed under a combination of endoscopic and fluoroscopic guidance. A unique case is presented where the colonic stent was passed in an anterograde fashion through a recently created cecostomy tube site as a method of palliation to relieve an obstructing hepatic flexure tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gillman
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Latosinsky
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002431:Cecostomy; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents