Stenting for malignant colonic obstruction
Background: Self-expandable metal stent placement for palliation of malignant colonic obstruction for colorectal cancer (CRC) is safe and efficacious. In contrast, outcomes of stent placement for extracolonic malignancy (ECM) are unclear. Objective: To compare the success and complication rates of c...
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| Main Author: | Azar, Riad (author) |
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| Other Authors: | Keswani, Rajesh N. (author), Edmundowicz, Steven A. (author), Zhang, Qin (author), Ammar, Tarek (author), Banerjee, Bhaskar (author) |
| Format: | article |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2008.09.009 http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(08)02590-X/abstract |
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