Bowel cancer patients may avoid the need for colostomy bags if they are first treated by having an expandable tube inserted at the site of their blockage, cancer doctors have said. The new ...

Bowel cancer patients may avoid the need for colostomy bags if they are first treated by having an expandable tube inserted at the site of their blockage, cancer doctors have said. The new ...

Expandable metal stents have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of gastrointestinal obstruction due to cancer. ... small-bowel obstruction develops in some patients.

Stenting reopens completely blocked bowel arteries, preventing damage and even death from a condition that causes individuals severe pain and leads to excessive weight loss, notes research being ...

Both types of stent are made of wire mesh but the covered stents have a fabric coating. This study aims to find out: how uncovered and covered stents the affect quality of life of people with bowel ...

CHICAGO — Using a stent to unblock the bowel in left-sided colorectal cancer patients before surgery, rather than proceeding directly to emergency surgery, could significantly reduce the number ...

Treating a blocked bowel. A stent might help to keep the duodenum open. This should give you relief from being sick, and so you might feel like eating again. Your doctor may put a stent into the bile ...

Can the Heald anal stent help to reduce anastomotic or rectal stump leak in elective and emergency colorectal surgery? a single-center experience. Ann Coloproctol . 2024;40(1):82-85. doi:10.3393 ...