Anterograde colonic stent placement via a cecostomy tube site.
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.
Gillman
L M
LM
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
Latosinsky
Steven
S
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