PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aileen Soriano
AU  - Mellar P. Davis
TI  - Malignant bowel obstruction: Individualized treatment near the end of life
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10052
DP  - 2011 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 197--206
VI  - 78
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/3/197.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/3/197.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2011 Mar 01; 78
AB  - Malignant bowel obstruction requires a highly individualized approach, tailored to the patient’s medical condition, prognosis, and goals of care. Surgery should not be routinely done. Less-invasive approaches such as gastric and colonic stenting are useful.