Surgical bypass is still relevant in the palliation of malignant obstructive jaundice

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-219

  Sharma, Dhananjaya ^a   Bhansali, Manish ^a   Raina, K ^a  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BYPASS SURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036800460     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200411     Document Type: Article

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