Shifting practice: Moving to a stent first approach for both left and right sided acute malignant large bowel obstruction (LBO)
It is possible to offer colonic stenting to > 80% of patients presenting with acute malignant LBO despite not having a 24/7 rota. There was a reduced rate of stoma formation, open surgery and length of stay in both palliative and curative patients undergoing primary colonic stenting.
Authors
- Neil Collin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4898-3654)
- Anne Pullyblank (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2199-1777)
- Emily Farrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-1161)
- Shona Gardner
Institutions
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Endoscopy
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-025-12035-2
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00