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UNRESECTABLE MALIGNANT OBSTRUCTION OF THE BILE DUCTS
Author(s) -
Wong John,
Lim S. T. K.,
Lam K. H.,
Ong G. B.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb00031.x
Subject(s) - medicine , jaundice , palliative surgery , obstructive jaundice , surgery , palliative care , palliative treatment , general surgery , nursing
Over a 13‐year period we encountered 135 patients with malignant obstruction of the bile ducts, and in 81 of these patients only palliative surgery was possible. The type of operation was largely determined by the site and nature of the obstruction and the condition of the patient. The operative mortality of palliative operation was 37%. Relief of jaundice or pruritus was obtained in 68%, and this figure included a number of patients who died in the first 30 days. The majority of survivors lived for between three and four months after operation, although occasional patients have lived for more than one year.