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Short- and long-term outcomes of a self-expandable metallic stent versus a transanal decompression tube for pathological stage II and III left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer: a retrospective observational study.
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- Self-expanding metal stents versus decompression tubes as a bridge to surgery for patients with obstruction caused by colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Pooled it
- Preoperative decompression for left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer: a comparative study between a stent and a decompression tube.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2025Article
- Effect of the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio on the prognosis of patients with obstructive colorectal cancer with a colonic stent: a retrospective multicenter study in Japan.Surgery today · 2025Article
- Comparison of postoperative prognoses for resectable colorectal cancer with vs. without oncologic emergency using propensity score‑matched analyses: A single-center retrospective observational study.Oncology letters · 2024Article
- Short-term and long-term oncologic outcomes of self-expandable metallic stent compared with tube decompression for obstructive colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2024Article
- Long-term outcomes between self-expandable metallic stent and transanal decompression tube for malignant large bowel obstruction: A multicenter retrospective study and meta-analysis.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2023Review
- A multicenter case-control study of self-expanding metallic stent versus trans-anal colorectal tube for stage II/III non-right-sided obstructive colon cancer.Journal of gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Comparison of Short-term Outcomes of a Self-expandable Metallic Stent as a Bridge to Laparoscopic Surgery between Right- and Left-sided Obstructive Colorectal Cancers: A Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeFew studies have investigated the long-term oncological outcomes of the self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) as a bridge to surgery (BTS) for obstructive colorectal cancer (OCRC). We conducted this study to compare the short- and long-term outcomes of the SEMS with those of the traditional transanal decompression tube (TDT) in patients with stage II and III left-sided OCRC.
methodsThe subjects of this retrospective study were 78 patients with pathological stage II and III left-sided OCRC who underwent radical surgery after SEMS or TDT placement, between April, 2005 and September, 2019. We compared perioperative data, including decompression success rates and 3-year relapse-free survival (RFS), between the SEMS and TDT groups.
resultsA SEMS was placed in 60 (76.9%) patients and a TDT was placed in 18 (23.1%) patients, achieving a clinical success rate of decompression of 98.3% in the SEMS group and 77.8% in the TDT group (P = 0.009). The 3-year RFS of the overall cohort was better in the SEMS group than in the TDT group (74.9% vs. 40.9%, respectively; P = 0.003).
conclusionsDecompression using a SEMS as the BTS may improve oncological outcomes over those achieved by a TDT in patients with left-sided stage II and III OCRC.
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