Palliation of unresectable periampullary neoplasms. "Surgical" versus "Non-surgical" approach

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 59, 2004, Pages 1282-1285

  Nuzzo, Gennaro ^a   Clemente, Gennaro ^a,b   Cadeddu, Federica ^a   Giovannini, Ivo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile duct cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Periampullary neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VATER PAPILLA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3342946068     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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