title: [Diagnoses and treatments by transcutaneous transhepatic approach in patients with obstructive jaundice].
abstract: In 298 patients with obstructive jaundice, including 271 (90.9%) with tumoral genesis, endobiliary interventions were performed: transcutaneous transhepatic cholecystectomy--in 76, external cholangiostomy--in 155, external-internal cholangiostomy--in 97, endoprosthesis of biliary ducts (BD)--in 23. Of 155 patients, to whom external drainage of BD was done, recanalization of obstructed portion was performed in 53. Of 102 patients, to whom external drain was adjusted, in 23.1% the complications occurred. Hospital mortality had constituted 22%. The BD perforation was noted in 8 observations. The patients life span, in whom the external-internal BD drainage was done, was 7.8 months, an efficacy of endoprosthesis had constituted 97.3%. The life span of such patients was (9.2 +/- 2.4) months at average.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Diachenko
mesh_terms: D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013105:Sphincterotomy, Transduodenal / Q000379:methods*