Open AccessPrognostic and predictive factors in cancer patients with obstructive jaundice treated by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage: A single-center experience
Author(s) -
Hayriye Şahinli,
Ahmet Özet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_521_19
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary drainage , gastroenterology , jaundice , single center , chemotherapy , percutaneous , proportional hazards model , surgery , metastasis , obstructive jaundice , multivariate analysis , survival analysis , retrospective cohort study , cancer
Short-term survival rates are reported in the patients undergoing percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). The purpose of this study was to determine the factors predicting survival following percutaneous biliary drainage.