Managing acute colorectal obstruction by "bridge stenting" to laparoscopic surgery: Our experience

Table 1 Site of obstruction

Patients	Site of obstruction
2	Transver secolon
3	Splenic flexure
29	Descending/sigmoidcolon
9	Upper rectum
5	Middle rectum

Table 2 Type of resections

	Laparoscopic	Open	Assisted
Right colectomy	3	-	-
Segmentary resection	3	2	-
Left colectomy	91	-	11
Proctectomy	71	-	21
Hartmann	22	12	32
Total colectomy	-	23	-

¹End to end colorectal anastomosis Knight Griffen;

²Vascular deficit in 1 case, peritoneal carcinomatosis in 2 cases, local advanced rectal cancer in 3 cases;

³Left sided obstruction with cecal diastatic rupture.

Table 3 Histological characteristics of specimen n (%)

Grading and TNM (UICC system)
G2	22 (62.9)
G2/3	8 (22.8)
G3	5 (14.3)
T2	2 (5.7)
T3	21 (60)
T4	12 (34.3)
N+	18 (51.4)
N1	9 (25.7)
N2	9 (25.7)
M+	8 (22.8)

TNM: Tumor node metastasis; UICC: Union for International Cancer Control.

Table 4 Complications

Complications	n
Major complications
Acute myocardial infarction	1
Anastomotic leak1	1
Anastomotic dehiscence	1
Minor complications (fever, anemia requiring blood transfusion, prolonged post surgical ileus, wound infection)	5
Total (%)	8 (22.8%)

¹Subclinical anastomotic leak in patient with ileostomy.