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8706181

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
Endoscopic drainage is an effective therapy for palliation of patients with bile duct carcinoma. From November 1987 to November 1994 112 patients with cholangiocarcinoma were observed. The success rate of the procedure was 94.5%. The biliary drainage was successful in 99% of patients (in 4% of patients the complete biliary drainage was obtained with the aid of a transhepatically inserted guide-wire with the "rendez-vous" procedure). In 15 patients an intraluminal radiation therapy with Iridium-192 was associated. The morbility was 13% and the 30-days mortality 11%. A surgical operation was performed in 26% of patients with radical intent. The mean survival time in patients treated only endoscopically was 208 days for patients with lesions of the distal and middle third of the bile duct and 281 days for patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. In patients with intraluminal radiation therapy the mean survival time was 357 days, with a significative difference with the only endoscopically treated group (357 vs 238 days, p < 0.05). We conclude that endoscopic drainage is a safe and effective management for patients with cholangiocarcinoma and it does not preclude definitive surgical treatment in appropriate candidate.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-4773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[Results of endoscopic biliary drainage in primary tumors of the common bile duct (cholangiocarcinoma)].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review