Open Access<p>Comparison of Clinical Outcomes and Pathological Characteristics of Self-Expandable Stent Bridge to Surgery and Emergency Surgery in Obstructive Colon Cancer</p>
Author(s) -
Bing-Yan Wang,
Siyi Lu,
Zhiqiang Song,
Fēi Li,
Junren Ma,
Yanpeng Ma,
Xin Zhou,
Wei Fu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s233456
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphovascular invasion , stent , colorectal cancer , pathological , surgery , cancer , incidence (geometry) , perineural invasion , metastasis , physics , optics
Obstructive colon cancer can be treated by self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) prior to definitive surgery. However, the oncological outcome remains controversial, especially regarding whether stent placement or obstruction results in more perineural invasion (PNI) or lymphovascular invasion (LVI). This study aimed to compare clinical outcomes of emergency surgery (ES) and stent as bridge to surgery (SBTS) in patients with obstructive colon cancer. The pathological characteristics were also compared between obstructive and nonobstructive cancer.