In our report, placement of the stent resolved a com- plex clinical situation, with long-term success. Stent insertion resolved the colorectal obstruction, allowing complete radiochemotherapy, which brought to elective surgery three patients with ovarian cancer and three patients with colorectal cancer. For patients with extended ovarian cancer invading the left colon and rec- tum, endoscopic stent placement can serve as a bridge to surgery or as definitive treatment if surgery is not considered initially advisabl
Endoscopic stenting for colorectal obstruction from unresectable ovarian and colorectal cancer. A bridge to surgery / Lamazza, Antonietta; Schillaci, Alberto; DE CESARE, Alessandro; Sterpetti, Antonio; Fiori, Enrico. - In: COLORECTAL DISEASE. - ISSN 1462-8910. - STAMPA. - 17:7(2015), pp. 646-647. [10.1111/codi.13005]
Endoscopic stenting for colorectal obstruction from unresectable ovarian and colorectal cancer. A bridge to surgery
LAMAZZA, Antonietta;SCHILLACI, Alberto;DE CESARE, Alessandro;STERPETTI, ANTONIO
;FIORI, Enrico
2015
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In our report, placement of the stent resolved a com- plex clinical situation, with long-term success. Stent insertion resolved the colorectal obstruction, allowing complete radiochemotherapy, which brought to elective surgery three patients with ovarian cancer and three patients with colorectal cancer. For patients with extended ovarian cancer invading the left colon and rec- tum, endoscopic stent placement can serve as a bridge to surgery or as definitive treatment if surgery is not considered initially advisabl| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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