Malignant colon obstruction is a medical emergency and endoscopic decompression, achieved by self-expandable metal stent placement, has been broadly used for both palliation in patients with advanced, nonresectable carcinoma and as a bridge to surgery in those patients with resectable disease. We propose stent insertion assisted by a side-viewing endoscope, in sharply angulated and remarkably stenotic lesions located at the distal sigmoid. Endoscopists should consider, at least for lesions situated in the distal colon, the insertion of a side-viewing endoscope for stenting of technically difficult cases of malignant intestinal obstruction.
Side-viewing endoscope for colonic self-expandable metal stenting in patients with malignant colonic obstruction / V Cennamo; L Fuccio; L Laterza; L Ceroni; L H Eusebi; C Fabbri; F Bazzoli. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0954-691X. - STAMPA. - 21:(2009), pp. 585-586. [10.1097/MEG.0b013e328318ed54]
Side-viewing endoscope for colonic self-expandable metal stenting in patients with malignant colonic obstruction.
FUCCIO, LORENZO;EUSEBI, LEONARDO HENRY UMBERTO;BAZZOLI, FRANCO
2009
Abstract
Malignant colon obstruction is a medical emergency and endoscopic decompression, achieved by self-expandable metal stent placement, has been broadly used for both palliation in patients with advanced, nonresectable carcinoma and as a bridge to surgery in those patients with resectable disease. We propose stent insertion assisted by a side-viewing endoscope, in sharply angulated and remarkably stenotic lesions located at the distal sigmoid. Endoscopists should consider, at least for lesions situated in the distal colon, the insertion of a side-viewing endoscope for stenting of technically difficult cases of malignant intestinal obstruction.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.