Colonic Stents for Colorectal Cancer Are Seldom Used and Mainly for Palliation of Obstruction: A Population-Based Study

Table 3

Type of surgery after index colorectal stent insertion in patients with colorectal cancer by baseline metastatic status from April 1, 2000, to March 31, 2009.

Type of surgery	Patients without metastases	Patients with metastases	value
	()	()
	(%)	(%)
Resection with primary anastomosis	12 (52)	14 (34)	0.16
Resection with stoma creation	9 (39)	14 (34)	0.69
Stoma creation only without resection	2 (9)	12 (29)	0.06
Unknown	0 (0)	1 (2)	N/A

N/A: not assessed.