Palliative general surgical procedures

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-184

  Easson, A M ^a   Asch, M ^a   Swallow, C J ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035139094     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1055-3207(18)30091-7     Document Type: Review

References (94)

1. Palliation of inoperable esophageal carcinoma: A prospective randomized trial of laser therapy and stent placement
2. Endoprostheses for colonic strictures
3. Endobronchial treatment modalities in thoracic oncology
4. Percutaneous nephrostomy and ureteral stenting in gynecologic malignancies
5. A new approach to the management of malignant ascites: A permanently implanted abdominal drain
6. Open versus laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy for palliation in advanced pancreatic cancer
7. Preoperative assessment of mortality risk in hepatic resection by clinical variables: A multivariate analysis
8. Palliative treatment of upper intestinal obstruction by gynecological malignancy: The usefulness of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
9. Endoscopic palliation of oesophageal cancer: Results of a prospective comparison of ND:YAG laser and ethanol injection
10. Endoscopic treatment of malignant airway obstructions in 2008 patients
11. Measuring quality of life in palliative care
12. Treatment of malignant pleural effusion: Pleurodesis using a small percutaneous catheter
13. Prognostic factors in nonresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A rationale to design therapeutic trials
14. Plastic prosthesis versus expandable metal stents for palliation of inoperable esophageal thoracic carcinoma: A controlled prospective study
15. Malignant effusive disease of the pleura and pericardium
16. Palliative surgery for far-advanced gastric cancer: A retrospective study on 305 consecutive patients
17. The symptoms of advanced cancer
18. Neurolytic celiac plexus block for treatment of cancer pain: A metaanalysis
19. Patients with laparoscopically staged unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma do not require subsequent surgical biliary or gastric bypass
20. Management of ureteral obstruction secondary to pelvic malignancies
21. Diagnosis and management of malignant pleural effusions
22. Systematic review of surgery in malignant bowel obstruction in advanced gynecological and gastrointestinal cancer
23. Palliative pelvic exenteration: Patient selection and results
24. How gravely ill becomes dying: A key to end-of-life care
25. The management of malignant pleural and pericardial effusions
26. Results of treatment of inferior vena cava syndrome with expandable metallic stents
27. Malignant ascites: A comparison of peritoneal shunting and nonoperative management
28. Are there indications for palliative resection in pancreatic cancer?
29. Surgical palliative treatment in biliopancreatic malignancy
30. Comparison of insufflated talc under thoracoscopic guidance with standard tetracycline and bleomycin pleurodesis for control of malignant pleural effusions
31. Three posterior percutaneous celiac plexus block techniques. A prospective, randomized study in 61 patients with pancreatic cancer pain
32. The role of arterial embolization in renal cell carcinoma
33. Comparison between celiac plexus block and morphine treatment on quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer pain
34. Hepatic arterial chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal patients
35. Use of the 25 mm flanged esophageal Z stent for malignant dysphagia: A prospective multicenter trial
36. Pleural effusions: Outpatient management with pigtail catheter chest tubes
37. Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for control of intractable pain in pancreatic cancer
38. A survey of practice in management of malignant ascites
39. Surgical palliation of airway obstruction resulting from lung cancer
40. Peritoneo-venous shunting for ascites
41. Quality improvement guidelines for central venous access
42. Current management of pancreatic carcinoma
43. Is prophylactic gastrojejunostomy indicated for unresectable periampullary cancer? A prospective randomized trial
44. Chemical splanchnicectomy in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. A prospective randomized trial
45. Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Does it have a role in the palliation of pancreatic cancer?
46. Pericardial sclerosis as the primary management of malignant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade
47. Prognosis after surgery in patients with incurable rectal cancer: A population-based study
48. Successful validation of the palliative prognostic score in terminally ill cancer patients
49. Surgery for support and palliation in patients with malignant disease
50. Neuropathic pain in cancer patients: Mechanisms, syndromes, and clinical controversies
51. Quality of life measurement in the assessment of surgical outcome
52. Celiac plexus block versus analgesics in pancreatic cancer pain
53. Managing ascites via the Tenckhoff catheter
54. Multi-institutional randomized clinical study on the comparative effects of intracavital chemotherapy alone versus immunotherapy alone versus immunochemotherapy for malignant effusion
55. Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion with tumour necrosis factor-alpha and melphalan as palliative limb-saving treatment in patients with locally advanced soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities with regional or distant metastases. Is it worthwhile?
56. Defining the content domain of quality of life for cancer patients with pain
57. Intestinal obstruction in patients with advanced malignant disease
58. Malignant ascites
59. Malignant pleural effusions: Recent advances and ambulatory sclerotherapy
60. The management of recurrent malignant pleural effusion: The complementary role of talc pleurodesis and pleuroperitoneal shunting
61. Prospective randomized double-blind trial of neurolytic coeliac plexus block in patients with pancreatic cancer
62. Endoscopic therapy of esophageal cancer
63. Predictive factors for survival of patients with inoperable malignant distal biliary strictures: A practical management guideline
64. Subacute and chronic benign superior vena cava obstructions: Endovascular treatment with self-expanding metallic stents
65. Prospective randomized trial of palliative treatment for unresectable cancer of the esophagus
66. Management of bowel obstruction in advanced cancer patients
67. Role of octreotide, scopolamine butylbromide and hydration in symptom control or patients with inoperable bowel obstruction and nasogastric tubes: A prospective randomized trial
68. Use of pleural Tenchkoff catheter to palliate malignant pleural effusion
69. Management of malignant pleural effusions
70. Principles of chronic venous access: Recommendations based on the Roswell Park experience
71. Malignancy metastatic to the pleura
72. Intraoperative celiac plexus block in the surgical palliation for unresectable pancreatic cancer
73. Palliative medicine and modern technology
74. Has the analgesic efficacy of neurolytic celiac plexus block been demonstrated in pancreatic cancer pain?
75. Outcome of palliative urinary diversion in the treatment of advanced malignancies
76. Coated self-expanding metal stents versus latex prostheses for esophagogastric cancer with special reference to prior radiation and chemotherapy: A controlled, prospective study
77. Cancer pain assessment and management by housestaff
78. Management of malignant ureteral obstruction in the palliative care setting
79. Malignant tracheo-esophageal fistula: Use of esophageal endoprosthesis
80. Intraperitoneal chemotherapy for treatment and prevention of peritoneal carcinomatosis and sarcomatosis
81. Endovascular treatment of superior vena cava obstruction in patients with malignancies
82. Outcomes of primary and secondary treatment of pericardial effusion in patients with malignancy
83. Nd-YAG laser vs bronchoscopic electrocautery for palliation of symptomatic airway obstruction: A cost-effectiveness study
84. Embolization and chemoembolization therapy for neuroendocrine tumors
85. Emergency stenting of malignant obstruction of the upper airways: Long-term follow-up with two types of silicone prostheses
86. Treatment of large airway obstruction in lung cancer using expandable metal stents inserted under direct vision via the fibreoptic bronchoscope
87. Palliation of malignant gastric and small intestinal strictures with self-expandable metal stents
88. Thoracoscopic talc insufflation versus talc slurry for symptomatic malignant pleural effusion
89. Prospective randomized trial of talc slurry vs bleomycin in pleurodesis for symptomatic malignant pleural effusions
90. Airway simulation to guide stent placement for tracheobronchial obstruction in lung cancer