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Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology 2007;23(3):180-185.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2007.23.3.180   
Oncological Safety of a Metallic Stent for a Left-sided Obstructive Colorectal Carcinoma.
Oh, Seung Yeop , Park, Seung Hyun , Lee, Kwang Jae , Kim, Jin Hong , Suh, Kwang Wook
1Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. suhkw@ajou.ac.kr
2Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Abstract
Purpose
There is a controversy about the treatment of left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer. Recently, experience using an expandable metallic stent for relief of the obstruction has been increasing, but its oncological safety has not been confirmed. Therefore, we designed this study to evaluate the oncological safety of a metallic stent for the treatment of left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer.
Methods
Forty-six patients with left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer who underwent a curative resection from 1994 to 2004, were retrospectively evaluated. Nineteen emergency operations (1994~2003) and 27 metallic stent insertions (2000~2004) were compared based on clinicopathologic features, postoperative complications, recurrence rates, and survival rates.
Results
There were no significant differences in age, location, sex, and recurrence rate between the two groups. The complication rate in the emergency group was higher than it was in the stent group, but this difference was not statistically significant (26.3% vs. 14.8%; P=0.33). The overall and the disease-free survival rates were not significantly different.
Conclusions
Because there was no significant differences in survival rate and recurrence rate between the two groups, metallic stent insertion can be used safely in the preoperative treatment of obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer.
Key Words: Obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer; Expandable metallic stent; Oncological outcome


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