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The Role of Preoperative Biliary Decompression in Patients with Severe Malignant Obstructive Jaundice

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Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors

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Abstract

The advantage of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) in severe and persistent obstructive jaundice, ensuing tumors of the head of the pancreas, of the Papilla of Vater or of the common bile duct, has been widely debated without achieving tangible or definitive results.

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Cangemi, V., Fiori, E. (2009). The Role of Preoperative Biliary Decompression in Patients with Severe Malignant Obstructive Jaundice. In: Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1085-7_10

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