Open AccessComplications and survival in patients undergoing colonic stenting for malignant obstruction
Author(s) -
Majid A Almadi,
Nahla Azzam,
Othman Alharbi,
Alabbas H Mohammed,
Nazia Sadaf,
Abdulrahman Aljebreen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i41.7138
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , stent , exact test , retrospective cohort study , colorectal cancer , continuous variable , stage (stratigraphy) , logistic regression , endoscopic stenting , cancer , paleontology , biology
To investigate whether predicting patients that might be at a higher risk for complications might serve to improve the selection of patients undergoing colonic stenting.