RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Malignant bowel obstruction: Individualized treatment near the end of life
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 197
OP 206
DO 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10052
VO 78
IS 3
A1 Aileen Soriano
A1 Mellar P. Davis
YR 2011
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/3/197.abstract
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.