Positive aspects of self-expandable metallic stent endoscopic placement for malignant colorectal obstruction during the COVID-19 pandemic

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¹ Department of Surgery, University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy. Electronic address: antonio.sterpetti@uniroma1.it.

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Antonietta Lamazza et al. Surgery. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;173(2):557-558.

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.06.037. Epub 2022 Jul 14.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy. Electronic address: antonio.sterpetti@uniroma1.it.

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Upfront surgery versus self-expanding metallic stent as bridge to surgery in left-sided colonic cancer obstruction: A multicenter observational study.
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