Palliative treatment for malignant jaundice: Endoscopic vs surgical approach

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Santagati, A ^a   Ceci, V ^a   Donatelli, G ^a   Pasqualini, M J ^a   Silvestri, F ^a   Pitasi, F ^a   Sportelli, G ^a   Fiocca, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilioenteric bypass; Endoscopic metal endoprosthesis; Endoscopic stenting; Pancreaticobiliary malignancy

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CHOLEDOCHODUODENOSTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442696709     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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