Abstract: During a 2-year period, 27 patients with obstructive jaundice (due to cancer in 27) underwent transhepatic biliary drainage with an 85% success rate. Most of the failures occurred in early attempts and were due to lack of experience. In neoplastic obstructive jaundice, endoprosthesis proved superior to external drainage: jaundice regressed more frequently and more completely, the patients' comfort was improved, survival was significantly prolonged and complications were less frequent. Per-operative biliary drainage, used in a controlled trial, proved useless, as patients developed cholangitis.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-06-04
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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