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Stents or Open Operation for Palliation of Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective, Cohort Study of Perioperative Outcome and Long-term Survival

Peter Carne, John N. R. Frye, Greg M. Robertson, Frank Frizelle

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2004 · 148 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

Patients treated with stents are discharged earlier than after open surgery. Stents do not affect survival. Expandable metal stents provide an acceptable alternative and may be better than traditional open surgical techniques.

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