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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
The authors assessed the efficacy of PTBD in a group of 72 patients with obstructive jaundice due to lithiasis or malignant obstruction, that underwent preoperatively PTBD procedure. They analysed the early and late complications and its effectiveness in decreasing the bilirubin levels. The results, in agreement with the most recent reports, suggest the uselessness of the preoperative PTBD in the treatment of the patients with a jaundice due to a biliary lithiasis. Concerning the patients with a neoplastic jaundice, this procedure seems to be more effective in the patients with a biliary obstruction due to pancreatic head or distal choledochus carcinoma: in the patients with a far advanced cancer, the PTBD procedure could be the first step to the insertion of biliary endoprosthesis; on the other hand, in the patients that may undergo a curative treatment, PTBD could be useful preoperatively both to reach an adequate water-electrolyte [correction of hydroelectrolithic] balance and nutritional status both to complete the diagnostic procedure.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-469X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-71; discussion 272
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Preoperative transhepatic biliary drainage in the jaundiced patient: our experience].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Radiologia, Università degli Studi di Trieste.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract