Arezzo A, Forcignanò E, Bonino MA, et al. - Researchers compared overall (OS), time to progression (TTP), and disease-free survival (DFS) at 3 years after treatment in correlation with performing stenting as bridge-to-surgery (SBTS) vs emergency surgery (ES) for neoplastic left colon obstruction, secondary endpoints of the previously published randomized controlled. From 5 European hospitals, 144 individuals affected by left-sided malignant large-bowel obstruction were randomly assigned (1:1 ratio) to receive SBTS or ES; of these, 115 (SBTS n = 56, ES n = 59) were eligible for analysis. Although not powered for these seconday outcomes, this randomized controlled trial indicated that at a minimum follow-up of 36 months, the groups did not differ in OS, TTP, and DFS.