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- Title
Clinical impact of biliary drainage and jaundice resolution in patients with obstructive metastases at the hilum.
- Authors
Van Laethem, Jean-Luc; De Broux, Sébastien; Eisendrath, Pierre; Cremer, Michel; Le Moine, Olivier; Devière, Jacques
- Abstract
For patients presenting with progressive liver or lymph node metastases (LM) causing obstructive jaundice, survival without adequate biliary drainage is very brief. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of endoscopic drainage for biliary obstruction secondary to LM at the hilum on subsequent administration of chemotherapy and on patient outcome.
- Publication
The American journal of gastroenterology, 2003, Vol 98, Issue 6, p1271
- ISSN
0002-9270
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07504.x