Medscape

Technology Insight: Enteral Stenting and New Technology

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 ...
Nature

Cost-effectiveness of stenting for malignant colonic obstruction

Patients presenting with acute malignant colonic obstruction often undergo emergency surgery, although this is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. An alternative approach is to use a ...
mp.pl

Outcomes and complications of self-expanding metal stent placement for malignant colonic obstruction in a single-center study.

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 ...
FierceBiotech

FDA Clears Cook Medical’s Evolution® Colonic Controlled-Release Stent

<0> Cook MedicalCaitlin Wenz, 812-339-2235, ext. 4245Specialist, Public Relations,orRacepoint Group, Inc.Sally Bain, 781-487-4647 </0> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) ...
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Primary mFOLFOX6 Plus Bevacizumab Without Resection of the Primary Tumor for Patients Presenting With Surgically Unresectable Metastatic Colon Cancer and an Intact Asymptomatic ...

Ninety patients registered between March 2006 and June 2009: 86 were eligible with follow-up, median age was 58 years, and 52% were female. Median follow-up was 20.7 months. There were 12 patients (14 ...