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Managing acute colorectal obstruction by "bridge stenting" to laparoscopic surgery: Our experience.

World J Gastrointest Surg

December 2012

Pierfrancesco Bonfante, Luigi D'Ambra, Stefano Berti, Emilio Falco, Department of Surgery, S.Andrea Hospital of La Spezia, 19100 La Spezia, Italy.

Aim: To verify the clinical results of the endoscopic stenting procedure for colorectal obstructions followed by laparoscopic colorectal resection with "one stage anastomosis".

Methods: From March 2003 to March 2009 in our surgical department, 48 patients underwent endoscopic stenting for colorectal occlusive lesion: 30 males (62.5%) and 18 females (37.

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