Treatment of Colonic Obstruction With Cook Evolution® Colonic Stent System

Inclusion Criteria

• •Inclusion: per the IFU,
• •colonic strictures caused by malignant neoplasms, and
• •large bowel obstruction due to malignant strictures prior to colectomy.
• •Exclusion:
• •central ischemia,
• •any contraindication to GI endoscopy and any procedure to be performed in conjunction with stent placement,
• •suspected or impending perforation,
• •intra-abdominal abscess/perforation,
• •inability to pass wire guide or stent deployment system through the obstructed area,
• •patients for whom endoscopic or percutaneous procedures are contraindicated,
• •benign disease, and
• •coagulopathy.