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Emergency management with resection versus proximal stoma or stent treatment and planned resection in malignant left-sided colon obstruction

BACKGROUND: Emergency surgery for colon cancer, as a result of obstruction, has been vitiated by a high frequency of complications and poor survival. The concept of “bridge to surgery” includes either placement of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) or diverting stoma of an obstructing tumour and...

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Autores principales: Öistämö, Emma, Hjern, Fredrik, Blomqvist, Lennart, Falkén, Ylva, Pekkari, Klas, Abraham-Nordling, Mirna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-016-0994-2