Definitive palliation for neoplastic colonic obstruction using enteral stents:Personal case-series w

• 作 者: Giuseppe Piccinni Anna Angrisano Mario Testini G.Martino Bonomo
• 机 构: Section of General Surgery Vascular Surgery and Clinical Oncology,Department of Applications in Surg
• 出 处: World Journal of Gastroenterology
• 发表日期: 2004年05期
• 关键词: obstruction enteral stent colonic neoplastic decompression stoma inserted analge

Acute colonic obstruction due to malignancies is anemergency that requires surgical treatment.Elderly patientsor inoperable tumors require intestinal decompression thatis a simple colostomy in almost all cases.This“manoeuvre”leads the patient to a percentage of moRality/morbidity andto a bad quality of life due to acceptance of stoma.Theintroduction of enteral metal stent inserted endoscopicallyhas,in our opinion,provided a new way to obtaining thedefinitive palliation of inoperable colo-rectal cancer with asimple method.We reported our case-series and we analyzedthe current literature and costs of treatments.

Acute colonic obstruction due to malignancies is anemergency that require surgical decompression thatis a simple colostomy in almost all cases. This “manoeuvre” leads the patient to a percentage of moRality / morbidity and to a bad quality of life due to acceptance of stoma. The introduction of of enteral metal stent inserted endoscopicallyhas, in our opinion, provided a new way to obtain the definitive palliation of inoperable colo-rectal cancer with asimple method. We reported our current literature and costs of treatments .