Open AccessShort-term outcomes of stents in obstructive rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Nora Trabulsi,
Hajar Halawani,
Esraa A Alshahrani,
Rawan M Alamoudi,
Sama K Jambi,
Nouf Akeel,
Ali Farsi,
Mohammed Nassif,
Ali Samkari,
Abdulaziz Saleem,
Nadim Malibary,
Mohammad Abbas,
Luca Gianotti,
Antonietta Lamazza,
Jin Young Yoon,
Nada J Farsi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_506_20
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , complication , confidence interval , inclusion and exclusion criteria , systematic review , data extraction , randomized controlled trial , colorectal cancer , stent , medline , surgery , cancer , pathology , alternative medicine , political science , law
With acute obstruction due to rectal or recto-sigmoid cancer, the safety and success of deploying self-expandable metal stents has been controversial. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the existing evidence on the outcomes and complication rates of stent placement in these patients.