TY - JOUR
T1 - Laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy in the palliation of pancreatic cancer
T2 - Reflections on the preliminary results
AU - Casaccia, M.
AU - Diviacco, P.
AU - Molinello, P.
AU - Danovaro, L.
AU - Casaccia, M.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of laparoscopic gastroenteric and cholecystenteric bypass procedures for palliation of inoperable cancer of the pancreas. Between July 1994 and January 1996, five patients underwent laparoscopic gastroenterostomy for duodenal obstruction due to pancreatic cancer. There were four men and one woman, ranging in age from 53 to 72 years (median 63). Four patients already had endoscopic biliary decompression. One patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystojejunostomy for biliary obstruction at the time of the laparoscopic gastroenterostomy. The procedure was completed laparoscopically in all patients. There was no perioperative mortality, and the morbidity was low. The median postoperative stay was 4 days (range, 4-6). Laparoscopic gastroenterostomy associated with cholecystojejunostomy in selected cases offers a less invasive alternative than open surgery, with a shorter hospital stay and more rapid return to normal activity.
AB - The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of laparoscopic gastroenteric and cholecystenteric bypass procedures for palliation of inoperable cancer of the pancreas. Between July 1994 and January 1996, five patients underwent laparoscopic gastroenterostomy for duodenal obstruction due to pancreatic cancer. There were four men and one woman, ranging in age from 53 to 72 years (median 63). Four patients already had endoscopic biliary decompression. One patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystojejunostomy for biliary obstruction at the time of the laparoscopic gastroenterostomy. The procedure was completed laparoscopically in all patients. There was no perioperative mortality, and the morbidity was low. The median postoperative stay was 4 days (range, 4-6). Laparoscopic gastroenterostomy associated with cholecystojejunostomy in selected cases offers a less invasive alternative than open surgery, with a shorter hospital stay and more rapid return to normal activity.
KW - Cholecystojejunostomy
KW - Gastrojejunostomy
KW - Laparoscopy
KW - Palliation
KW - Pancreatic cancer
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U2 - 10.1097/00019509-199810000-00001
DO - 10.1097/00019509-199810000-00001
M3 - Article
C2 - 9799138
AN - SCOPUS:0031662342
VL - 8
SP - 331
EP - 334
JO - Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
JF - Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
SN - 1530-4515
IS - 5
ER -