Endoscopic stenting for gastric outlet obstruction in patients with unresectable antro pyloric cancer. Systematic review of the literature and final results of a prospective study. The point of view of a surgical group.

Abstract

The authors report the final results of a prospective single-center randomized study whose aim was to compare the endoscopic placement of self-expandable stents with open surgical gastroenterostomy to relieve gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) in patients with advanced antropyloric adenocarcinoma. A systematic review of the medical literature from December 1999 to December 2011 was carried out to determine the results of endoscopic stenting in patients with GOO from unresectable primary cancer of the antropyloric region.