title: [Endoscopic insertion of a prosthesis in the palliative treatment of tumors of the head of the pancreas].
abstract: The Authors report their experience of biliary endoscopic endoprosthesis placement in 42 patients for palliative treatment of carcinoma of the pancreatic head. The morbidity, the mortality and the duration of hospitalization are considerably less than with surgical biliodigestive anastomosis. The mean survival is almost the same in both cases.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Viceconte
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Raschellà
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Viceconte
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Picchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciuffi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frattaroli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Amato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lapenta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Curzio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: L'apposizione di protesi per via endoscopica nel trattamento palliativo dei tumori della testa del pancreas.