[The sunken drain for internal biliary tract drainage (author's transl)].
In over 4000 interventions on the biliary tract a sunken drain was inserted in 35 patients: 3 times because of carcinomatous infiltration from outside, 27 times because of a proximal hepatic carcinoma and 5 times because of Echinococcus multilocularis. The postoperative mortality was 8.5%. Follow-up examinations show that a little more than a quarter of carcinoma patients died of the primary disease within 6 months but also that 5 patients survived their serious cancer disease for up to 2 1/2 years after the removal of the drainage obstruction. The sunken drain gives better results in Echinococcus alveolaris. Trouble-free intervals of many years were observed.
D000368:Aged; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Der verlorene Drain als innere Gallengangsdrainage.