Long-term Outcomes of Colonic Stent as a "Bridge to Surgery" for Malignant Large-bowel Obstruction

Corporacion Parc Tauli

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stent Occlusion; Long-term Oncologic Results

Treatments: Device: stenting

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04111042

TAULI-STENT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study of long-term outcomes of colonic stent as a "bridge to surgery" for malignant large-bowel obstruction.

Full description

Prospective observational with retrospective analisis study of patients with left-sided malignant colonic obstruction undergoing stenting between April 2006 and April 2018 in Parc Tauli University Hospital. We assessed all patients with intent-to-treat and per protocol analyses in postoperative and long-term follow-up variables.

Enrollment: 117 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged over 18 years diagnosed with complete malignant colonic obstruction confirmed by CT.
• Elective surgery.
• Location in transverse, left or sigmoid colon.
• Patients who signed the informed consent documentation and agreed to undergo the procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Benign pathology and palliative treatment.
• Unresectable lesion (intraoperative), severe ischemia or cecal perforation, fecal or advanced purulent peritonitis, emergency surgery.
• Previous chemotherapy.