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Colonic stenting as bridge to surgery versus emergency surgery for management of acute left-sided malignant colonic obstruction: a multicenter randomized trial (Stent-in 2 study)

Scholten Pieter, Grubben Marina JAL, Timmer Robin, van Berkel Anne-Marie et al. • BMC Surgery (2007)

Abstract Background Acute left-sided colonic obstruction is most often caused by malignancy and the surgical treatment is associated with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Moreover, these operated patients end up with a temporary or perm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-7-12