Surgical failure after colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery

Table 2 Etiology of surgical failure in patients undergoing stenting as a bridge to surgery n (%)

	Emergency surgery (n = 8)		Elective surgery (n = 60)		Total (n = 68)
	PTRPA(-) (n = 5)	PTRPA(+) (n = 3)	PTRPA(-) (n = 5)	PTRPA(+) (n = 55)
Surgical failure
Technical failure	1	1	0	0	2 (2.9)
Stent-related complications
Perforation	1	1	0	0	2 (2.9)
Re-obstruction	11	0	0	112	2 (2.9)
Insufficient decompression	2	1	21	0	5 (7.4)
Unsatisfactory surgical results
PTRPA not feasible	0	0	3	0	3 (4.4)
Subtotal colectomy	0	0	0	1	1 (1.5)
Surgical success
Stent-related complications
Insufficient decompression	0	0	0	11	1 (1.5)
Migration	0	0	0	2	2 (2.9)
Satisfactory surgical results				50	50 (73.5)

¹Multiple SEMS was defined as a number of stent ≥ 2 at the first session or a session number ≥ 2;

²Patients undergoing subtotal colectomy. PTRPA: Primary tumor resection and primary anastomosis.