title: Current palliative treatment of malignant jaundice.
abstract: When selecting the most suitable palliation of malignant jaundice, the following factors are to be considered: 1) patient's overall condition, 2) presumption of patient's survival, 3) technical, personal, and economic factors, 4) effectiveness of procedure, 5) morbidity and mortality of palliative treatment. (Tab. 2, Ref. 3.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Hospital Ruzinov, Bratislava, Slovakia. bll@fmed.uniba.sk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hutan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salapa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poticny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bandzak
mesh_terms: D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies