A new technique for the palliative treatment of high bile duct cancer

Hepatogastroenterology. 2005 Mar-Apr;52(62):378-80.

Abstract

In case of advanced unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma palliative procedures can offer a good quality of life. Palliative techniques include surgical intubation with a U tube or transhepatic ring catheters, nonoperative intubation with an endoprosthesis and biliary-enteric bypass techniques. We present a new surgical procedure for the palliative treatment of high bile duct cancer, in which the gallbladder is used as a conduit for a biliary-enteric bypass. Hepatico-cholecysto-jejunostomy is a safe, rapid and easy method that could be alternatively and successfully used for surgical palliation of unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Cholangiography
  • Cholecystostomy*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Jejunostomy*
  • Liver / surgery*
  • Palliative Care / methods*
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Postoperative Period
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Treatment Outcome