Check the placeEmergency resection or diverting stoma followed by elective resection in patients with colonic obstruction due to locally advanced cancer: a national cohort study.

Emma RosanderTorbjörn HolmAnnika SjövallFredrik HjernCaroline E WeibullCaroline Nordenvall

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)

Diverting stoma followed by elective resection is associated with improved survival compared with emergency resection in patients with left-sided colonic obstruction due to locally advanced tumours.

Keyphrases

advanced cancer
palliative care
locally advanced
patients undergoing
squamous cell carcinoma
emergency department
public health
healthcare
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
phase ii study