Surgical approaches to malignant bowel obstruction

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 105-113

  Helyer, Lucy ^a,b   Easson, Alexandra M ^c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; OCTREOTIDE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ASCITES; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MELANOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CATHETERIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS;

EID: 41549136096     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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