Self-expanding metal stents versus decompression tubes as a bridge to surgery for patients with obstruction caused by colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

World J Emerg Surg · 2023 · PMC10536785 · PMID 37759264

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Analyzing the subgroups according to the different sites of obstruction, we found that the clinical success rate of SEMS was higher than DT for obstructions in any part of the colon and showed a trend to be higher than DT in the left-side group.

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