Management of Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing a Colonic Stenting: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach.

Colonic stent procedure is one of the best therapeutic medical interventions for managing a colorectal cancer patient with large bowel obstruction. This is a retrospective study that evaluated data from the past 10 years; it examined the epidemiological and clinical data of patients with colorectal cancer undergoing a colonic stent procedure. In addition, this study prospectively evaluated the nurse's roles during a colonic stent procedure, and at the same time, it explored the patient's satisfaction with the procedure at the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (Spain).

Outcome and prognostic factors of morbidity and mortality in perforated sigmoid diverticulitis.

The aim of this study was to assess the outcomes after treatment of patients with this condition and to identify prognostic factors of morbidity and mortality. From 1986 to 2005, the charts of 114 consecutive patients who were treated for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis were retrospectively reviewed. Thirty-three patients (28.

Emergency surgery for complicated colorectal carcinoma: a comparison of older and younger patients.

The outcomes after emergency surgery for complicated colorectal cancer of 54 patients >70 years of age (group 1) and 53 patients < or =70 years of age (group 2) treated between 1991 and 2002 were compared. Forty-two patients had obstructions in group 1 and 41 patients had obstructions in group 2. Twelve patients had perforations in each group.

Anaerobic liver abscesses as initial presentation of silent colonic cancer.

Background: Rarely, multiple liver abscesses caused by anaerobic organisms are the presenting form of unsuspected colonic cancer in the absence of liver metastases.

Case Outline: A 68-year-old man was admitted with abdominal pain, fever and chills. Imaging scans and repeated cytology yielded a diagnosis of multiple liver abscesses.

Pyogenic liver abscesses: a comparison of older and younger patients.

Background: Pyogenic liver abscess is a life-threatening disease. Few studies have specifically explored the way in which the clinical features and management of elderly patients with pyogenic liver abscess differ from those of younger individuals.

Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate whether older patients with pyogenic liver abscess have distinctive presenting features or whether their management and outcome differ from that of younger patients.