Treatment Patterns, Outcomes, and Costs for Bowel Obstruction in Ovarian Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess treatment patterns, outcomes, and costs for bowel obstruction in ovarian cancer.

Methods/materials

All patients with stage II to IV ovarian cancer who were admitted for bowel obstruction greater than or equal to 6 months after cancer diagnosis from 2000 to 2011 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry-Medicare database. Management strategies and outcomes of bowel obstruction were compared.

Results

Among 1397 women with bowel obstruction, 562 (40%) underwent surgery, and 154 (11%) had a gastrostomy or jejunostomy (G/J) tube placed. Thirty-four percent of patients who underwent surgery subsequently received chemotherapy, compared with 8% of those managed with a G/J tube (odds ratio, 4.8;

SUBMITTER: Suidan RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862427 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature