Journal article
Management of Bowel Obstruction in Patients with Stage IV Cancer: Predictors of Outcome After Surgery
Abstract
BackgroundPatients with stage IV cancer and bowel obstruction (BO) present a complicated management problem. We sought to determine if specific parameters could predict outcome after surgery.MethodsRecords of patients with stage IV cancer and BO treated from 1991 to 2008 were reviewed. For surgical patients, 30-day morbidity and 90-day mortality were assessed using exact multivariable logistic regression methods.ResultsOf 198 patients, 132 …
Authors
Francescutti V; Miller A; Satchidanand Y; Alvarez-Perez A; Dunn KB
Journal
Annals of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 707–714
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
3 2013
DOI
10.1245/s10434-012-2662-2
ISSN
1068-9265