Shepherd HA, Royle G, Ross APR, Diba A, Arthur M and Colin-Jones D (1988) Endoscopic biliary endoprosthesis in the palliation ofmalignant obstruction of the distal common bile duct." a randomized trial. British Journal ofSurgery; 75.’1166-1168 A total of 52 jaundiced elderly patients who had malignant obstruction of the distal common bile duct and who required palliative biliary decompression w...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Controversy remains over the optimal approach to preoperative biliary drainage in patients with resectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. We compared the clinical outcomes of endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) with those of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) in patients undergoing preoperative biliary drainage for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. METHODS A total of 1...

A 58-year-old woman with cholangiocarcinoma previously treated with partial hepatectomy with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, presented with worsening jaundice. Despite chemotherapy, the patient was diagnosed with tumor obstructing the hepaticojejunostomy and associated intrahepatic biliary ductal dilation. She was referred for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with intraductal rad...

Introduction. The most pressing problems in abdominal oncology surgery are the development of obstructive jaundice as a complication patients with malignant tumors hepatobiliary and pancreatoduodenal area, ways to eliminate it reduce risk adverse events. Our earlier research revealed 14 predictors that together more likely cause undesirable postoperative complications, including deaths during m...

UNLABELLED Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP) is accepted referred method of treatment of the choledocholithiasis. THE AIM OF THE STUDY Evaluation of efficacy and safety of the endoscopic treatment of the biliary tract stones. MATERIAL AND METHODS Results of 3309 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP) carried out in Division of Endoscopy of the General Su...