title: Self-expanding metal stents as nonsurgical palliative therapy for malignant colonic obstruction: time to change the standard of care?
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bittinger
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Messmann
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects