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Self-expanding metal stents in malignant colonic obstruction: experiences from Sweden

BACKGROUND: Acute surgery in the management of malignant colonic obstruction is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The use of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) is an alternative method of decompressing colonic obstruction. SEMS may allow time to optimize the patient and to perform preope...

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Autores principales: Lepsenyi, Mattias, Santen, Stefan, Syk, Ingvar, Nielsen, Jörgen, Nemeth, Artur, Toth, Ervin, Thorlacius, Henrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3163214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-274