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Do Self-Expanding Metal Stents as a Bridge to Surgery Benefit All Patients with Obstructive Left-Side Colorectal Cancers?

BACKGROUND: Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) have been increasingly used in patients with obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer (OLCC); however, stent-specific complications (e.g., perforations) might worsen the long-term survival outcome. Strict indication needed to be identified to confirm th...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jun-rong, Hou, Ping, Liao, Tian-ran, Wei, Yong, Chen, Xian-qiang, Lin, Bing-qiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30863441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7418348