Video Tip: Stenting vs Surgery for Palliative Care | January 2022-Stenting vs Surgery for Palliative Care

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses the use of colorectal stenting as a palliative treatment for patients with malignant colorectal obstruction, particularly those with stage four colorectal cancer. The speaker refers to a systematic review and meta-analysis that compared the outcomes of four randomized control trials involving over 100 patients. The results showed no difference in terms of mortality, mean survival, length of ICU stay, and other complications between stenting and surgery. However, hospital stay was shorter and the risk of permanent stoma was lower in the stenting group. The study also found that stented patients had a lower negative impact on quality of life compared to those who underwent surgery. Overall, the video concludes that colorectal stenting offers a better quality of life for patients in need of spalliation for obstruction caused by colorectal cancer.

Keywords

colorectal stenting

palliative treatment

malignant colorectal obstruction

quality of life

colorectal cancer