Palliative treatment in neoplastic jaundice. Personal experience

The palliative treatment of biliary duct neoplastic obstruction represents a problem of great importance and frequently can't leave out of consideration patients clinical conditions and phase of neoplastic disease. Authors, in this article refers their experience on palliative treatment of neop...

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Published inAnnali italiani di chirurgia Vol. 62; no. 6; p. 557
Main Authors Giacobbe, G, Pollicino, A, Sansotta, G, Gioffrè Florio, M A, Familiari, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageItalian
Published Italy 01.11.1991
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ampulla of Vater
Common Bile Duct Neoplasms - complications
Drainage
Endoscopy
Female
Humans
Jaundice - etiology
Jaundice - surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Palliative Care
Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications
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Summary:The palliative treatment of biliary duct neoplastic obstruction represents a problem of great importance and frequently can't leave out of consideration patients clinical conditions and phase of neoplastic disease. Authors, in this article refers their experience on palliative treatment of neoplastic jaundice and indications for surgical or endoscopic treatment. Their experience shows that surgical palliation must be performed in patients with preoperative instrumental investigations without "surgical risk", this vouches for a better quality of life than endoscopic procedure performed with diffuse neoplastic disease and in patients with surgical risk.
ISSN:0003-469X