title: [Palliative treatment in neoplastic jaundice. Personal experience].
abstract: The palliative treatment of biliary duct neoplastic obstruction represents a problem of great importance and frequently can't leave out of consideration patients clinical conditions and phase of neoplastic disease. Authors, in this article refers their experience on palliative treatment of neoplastic jaundice and indications for surgical or endoscopic treatment. Their experience shows that surgical palliation must be performed in patients with preoperative instrumental investigations without "surgical risk", this vouches for a better quality of life than endoscopic procedure performed with diffuse neoplastic disease and in patients with surgical risk.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Tecniche Chirurgiche Complementari in Terapia Oncologica dell'Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giacobbe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pollicino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sansotta
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gioffrè Florio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Familiari
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004322:Drainage; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Il trattamento palliativo dell'ittero neoplastico. Esperienza personale.