Research Article
Do Self-Expanding Metal Stents as a Bridge to Surgery Benefit All Patients with Obstructive Left-Side Colorectal Cancers?
Table 3
Comparison of surgical- and pathological-related outcomes between the SEMS and ES groups.
| Characteristics | SEMS () | ES () | value |
| Surgical time (mins) | | | 0.422 | Blood loss (ml) | | | 0.326 | Number of LNs () | | | 0.991 | Time to flatus (days) | | | 0.278 | Time to semifluid (days) | | | 0.931 | Total hospital stay (days) | | | 0.988 | Stoma construction, (%) | 10 (27.8) | 6 (16.7) | 0.257 | CD classification system, (%) | | | 1.000 | Grade I | 11 (30.6) | 11 (30.6) | | Grade II | 15 (41.7) | 14 (38.9) | | Grade III | 8 (22.2) | 8 (22.2) | | Grade IV | 2 (5.6) | 3 (8.3) | | Incision infection, (%) | 6 (16.7) | 6 (11.1) | 0.496 | ICU intervention, (%) | 2 (5.6) | 1 (2.8) | 1.000 | 30 days-mortality, (%) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.8) | 1.000 | Histology, (%) | | | 0.659 | Well differentiated | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.8) | | Moderate differentiated | 26 (72.2) | 24 (66.7) | | Poorly differentiated | 1 (2.8) | 3 (8.3) | | Signet ring | 9 (25.0) | 8 (22.2) | | Stent related adverse events, (%) | 11 (30.6) | | | Failure | 6 (54.5) | | | Perforation | 3 (27.3) | | | Reobstruction | 2 (18.2) | | | Surgical intervals (days) | 10.07 | | |
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LN: lymph node; SEMS: self-expanding metal stents; ES: emergency surgery. All were considered statistically significant. |