Concerns on the very high complication rates reported after self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) placement for colorectal cancer in a Catalan retrospective study

Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Jul;105(7):1670; author reply 1670-1. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.16.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Colonoscopy / adverse effects
  • Colonoscopy / methods
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / mortality
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
  • Intestinal Obstruction / mortality
  • Intestinal Obstruction / pathology
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery*
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology
  • Intestinal Perforation / mortality
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Palliative Care / methods
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / mortality
  • Stents / adverse effects*