[Treatment of a large bowel neoplastic obstruction left-sided by self-expanding enteral stent. Personal experience].
The authors report on their experience in the treatment with self-expanding enteral stent for acute left-sided large bowel obstruction and believe that this procedure is effective as a "bridge to surgery". From January to November 2005 3 patients have been treated with colorectal stents in obstructing left-sided large bowel carcinoma: over the following 24 hours we observed canalization and consequent disocclusion of the colonrectum. Stented patients were treated with elective colonic resection with primary anastomosis avoiding decompressive stoma and Hartmann's procedure.
Montini
Francesco
F
Struttura Complessa di Chirurgia Generale II ad indirizzo d'urgenza-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Ospedali Riuniti, Foggia.
Cinquesanti
Lucio
L
di Corcia
Maria Grazia
MG
Di Gioia
Giovanni
G
Di Millo
Marcello
M
Storto
Giuseppe Lo
GL
Melino
Rocco
R
Ulivieri
Marco
M
Tricarico
Fausto
F
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents