Self-expanding metallic stents for relieving malignant colorectal obstruction: A systematic review

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Watt, Amber M ^a   Faragher, Ian G ^b   Griffin, Tabatha T ^a   Rieger, Nicholas A ^c,d   Maddern, Guy J ^a,c,e,f  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANASTOMOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLOSTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 34347366331     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000261124.72687.72     Document Type: Review

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