Do Self-Expanding Metal Stents as a Bridge to Surgery Benefit All Patients with Obstructive Left-Side Colorectal Cancers?

<div>Patient inclusion flowchart. OCC: obstructive colorectal cancer; SEMS: self-expandable metal stent; BTS: bridge to surgery; ES: emergency surgery; PSM: propensity score matching.</div>

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

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Figure 1: Do Self-Expanding Metal Stents as a Bridge to Surgery Benefit All Patients with Obstructive Left-Side Colorectal Cancers? 