Laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy in the palliation of pancreatic cancer - Reflections on the preliminary results

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-334

  Casaccia, Marco ^a,b   Diviacco, Pietro ^a   Molinello, Pietro ^a   Danovaro, Lorenzo ^a   Casaccia, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholecystojejunostomy; Gastrojejunostomy; Laparoscopy; Palliation; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031662342     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199810000-00001     Document Type: Article

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