title: Cholestasis: an alternative to surgery in older patients.
abstract: Until recently, benign biliary obstruction meant surgery and lengthy hospitalization--always worth avoiding in the elderly. Fortunately, new interventional endoscopy and radiologic techniques offer nonoperative choices. The authors review one of the more significant of these advances.
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000628:therapy*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans