title: [Synthetic grafts for palliative bilioenteric bypass in proximal malignant biliary obstruction].
abstract: Hepatico-jejunostomy bypass is technically very demanding when used for proximal malignant biliary obstruction. The use of synthetic vascular grafts may simplify these operations. Our recent clinical experience and published reports support the selective use of synthetic grafts in the operative treatment of malignant obstructive jaundice.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Dept. B, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kopelman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashmonai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care