A simplified palliative method of bypassing inoperable cancer of the head of the pancreas.
A plastic T tube has been used for internal drainage between the common bile duct and a loop of jejunum in six patients suffering from an advanced inoperable cancer of the head of the pancreas. The procedure proves to be very simple, without complications, and short in duration and offers certain advantages over other similar operative technics.
D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*