Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;2(8):365-374. Proponents of stents as bridges to surgery recognize the potential quality-of-life benefit in avoiding a temporary or permanent colostomy, and ...

Approximately 20% of cases of colorectal cancer are accompanied by acute colonic obstruction. While emergency colonic surgery is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates, placement of a self ...

The largest randomised trial to examine the effectiveness of two surgical interventions for treating acute malignant bowel obstruction, a common symptom of patients with colorectal cancer, suggests ...

Association of genetic variants in plastin family genes with tumor recurrence in stage II/III colon cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

A 66-year-old man with a history of metastatic rectal carcinoma was admitted due to fecaluria, increasing constipation, and abdominal pain. A computed tomographic (CT) scan with contrast enema showed ...

Angioplasty with stent placement is a minimally invasive procedure used to open narrow or blocked arteries. This procedure is used in different parts of your body, depending on the location of the ...

Self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS)—tubular metal mesh stents that expand radially upon deployment—were initially introduced in the field of gastroenterology for the relief of malignant biliary ...