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ArticleJournal of surgical oncology2026

Quality of Life Following Palliative Surgery for Malignant Bowel Obstruction: A Scoping Review.

Thomas Couture, Antoine Rioux, Sébastien Drolet, Jean-François Ouellet, Alexandre Brind'Amour

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Article in Journal of surgical oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas CoutureDepartment of Surgery, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Antoine RiouxDepartment of Surgery, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Sébastien DroletDepartment of Surgery, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Jean-François OuelletDepartment of Surgery, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Alexandre Brind'AmourDepartment of Surgery, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-6987

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed a scoping review on the quality of life (QoL) of patients with malignant bowel obstruction who underwent palliative surgery using PubMed, EBSCO, and Cochrane databases. In total, 20 articles were included (1467 patients). Oral diet tolerance, stoma creation, and the ability to be discharged from the hospital were the main QoL outcomes reported. Most patients seem to benefit from an improved QoL. However, the QoL outcomes reported were surrogate and not patient-reported. Further prospective studies using validated QoL instruments are required.

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Intestinal ObstructionPalliative CareQuality of LifeHumansmalignant bowel obstructionpalliative surgeryperitoneal carcinomatosisquality of life

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PMID41866768
PMCPMC13352325

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