Open AccessSelf-expanding metallic stents drainage for acute proximal colon obstruction
Author(s) -
Yao Li-qin,
YunShi Zhong,
MeiDong Xu,
Jiacheng Xu,
PingHong Zhou,
Xianli Cai
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i28.3342
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , decompression , transverse colon , ascending colon , anastomosis , colonoscopy , stent , descending colon , colorectal cancer , splenic flexure , rectum , cancer
To clarify the usefulness of the self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) in the management of acute proximal colon obstruction due to colon carcinoma before curative surgery.