Results of the use of self-expanding stent as a bridge therapy in obstructive left colon cancer

Abstract

Objetive: To analyze the results of the use of stent as bridge therapy for surgery in obstructive left colon cancer in our center.

Material and Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with obstructive left colon cancer undergoing metallic stenting as a bridge therapy for definitive surgery between January 2008 and December 2016. Demographic data, procedural success, complications, surgical approach, pathological anatomy and follow-up were analyzed. Results: Ten patients. The procedure was technically and clinically successful in all 10 patients, with no complications in any of them. All patients went to resective surgery, achieving primary anastomosis in 9 of them. In 3 of them, a laparoscopic approach was performed. A median of lymph nodes of 41 it was obtained in the surgical specimen. With a median follow-up of 34 months, 2 presented distant recurrence, which were patients diagnosed at a more advanced stage of their disease.

Discussion: The stent as bridge therapy to an elective surgery, allows to obtain a low rate of colostomies, low morbidity, offer a laparoscopic surgery and an optimal cancer surgery.

Conclusion: The use of the stent as a bridge therapy in obstructive left colon cancer appears as a good alternative to solve this pathology in patients of greater surgical risk.