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Fig. 7

From: Endoscopic stenting of malignant, benign and iatrogenic colorectal disorders: a primer for radiologists

Fig. 7

Effective relief of LBO during bridge-to-surgery stenting of CRC. Initial supine (a) radiograph shows marked gaseous dilatation of the large bowel (*) consistent with LBO. Sagittal post-contrast CT image (b) confirm air-fluid colonic dilatation (*) above a short stricturing sigmoid tumour (arrowheads). Forty-eight hours after endoscopic positioning of a SEMS (thick arrow), a plain radiograph (c) shows near-complete resolution of LBO. Three weeks later, the patient successfully underwent sigmoid resection with termino-terminal anastomosis

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