Objective.To estimate the impact of preoperative biliary decompression inpatients, suffering tumorogenic obturation jaundice, complicated by ascending cholangitis, on development postoperative complications.
 Materials and methods. The one-centre retrospective investigation treatment results was conducted in 136 patients, jaundice. In 84 patients done (Group I). 52 not performed II).In all...

Liver functions tests (LFTs) are used for determining the presence of liver disease that suggest the underlying cause, estimate the severity, assess prognosis and monitor efficacy of therapy. Altered LFTs may be the first indication of subclinical liver disease and may thereby guide further diagnostic evaluations. Specific pattern of liver test abnormalities may suggest the category of the unde...

severe pain and who were sufficiently ill to require at least gastro-intestinal decompression and intravenous fluid therapy. In them the initial diagnosis of pancreatitis was made on the clinical picture supported by a serum amylase exceeding 300 Somogyi or Pimstone units (182 cases) and/or clear evidence of acute haemorrhagic or oedematous disease at surgery (112 cases) and/or at autopsy (twen...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage procedures, such as pancreatic pseudocyst drainage, biliary drainage, and gallbladder drainage, arebeing increasingly performed in specialist centers [1–4]. A 30-year-old man with unresectable periampullary cancer, who had undergone biliary plastic stenting 1 year previously, presented with recurrent jaundice and gastric outlet obstruction for 2 weeks...

Introduction: Surgery for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma is demanding. Frequently, vascular invasion occurs. Vascular resection correlates with worse perioperative outcomes. The authors aim to discuss the limits of resection. Methods: A prospective database ranging from October 2004 May 2021 was analyzed. Relevant clinical-pathological variables correlating outcomes and survival were collected co...

The revolution in therapeutic endoscopy in the last decade has changed the accepted management ofmalignant obstructive jaundice. Non-operative biliary intervention for obstructive jaundice was first developed via the transhepatic route, although that approach was associated with all the problems of puncturing the obstructed liver, particularly bile leakage and bleeding.' With development of big...