Comparison of colonic stents, stomas and resection for obstructive left colon cancer: a meta-analysis.
S R JainC Y L YaowC H NgV S Q NeoF LimF J FooN W WongChoon Seng ChongPublished in: Techniques in coloproctology (2020)
SEMS leads to better short-term outcomes but confers no survival advantage over ES. It is unclear whether SEMS has better short-term outcomes compared to DC. There is a lack of randomized trials with long-term outcomes for SEMS versus DC, hence results should be interpreted with caution.