Self Expanding Metallic Stent (SEMS) for large bowel obstruction: evidence-based analysis results

We read with interest the article published by Young et al. who are to be congratulated for performing a prospective consecutive uncontrolled trial of 100 patients to assess the outcome of the self-expanding metallic stent (SEMS) for large bowel obstruction (1). Even though this article was published in 2011 this topic is still the subject of current scientific debate (2).This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.