In this recent article published in the journal Archives of Surgery, scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To compare self-expanding metal stents with emergency open surgery in the treatment of obstructing left-sided colon cancer. A randomized controlled trial."
"An acute care hospital. Adult patients with an obstructing tumor between the splenic flexure and rectosignioid junction. Successful I.-stage operation, cumulative operative time, blood loss, hospital stay, pain score, and postoperative complications. Forty-eight patients were analyzed. Twenty-four underwent endoluminal stenting followed by laparoscopic resection and 24 underwent …
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