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Sustained relief of obstructive symptoms for the remaining life of patients fol...

BACKGROUND: self-expanding metal stents are currently being used as a definitive palliative treatment for malignant colorectal obstruction in patients with incurable disease. Few studies have followed large numbers of patients from stent placement until death, and those few have reported conflicting results in the long-term clinical outcome data. AIMS: this study evaluated the clinical effectiveness of stent p...

A case of digestive hemorrhage caused by Whipple's disease.

Solitary ulcer of the rectum.

Os A. A. fazem uma breve revisão da literatura sobre úlcera solitária do recto e da síndrome do períneo descendente. A propósito de um caso referem as dificuldades diagnósticas clínicas e anátomo-patológicas experimentadas. Concluem pela importância do conhecimento da síndrome do períneo descendente para o diagnóstico diferencial das úlceras solitárias do recto. Salientam ainda a influência favorável que a grav...

Advances in the endoscopic therapy of chronic pancreatitis.

Endoscopic interventional techniques have created a wide new perspective for non-surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Surgery and endoscopy differ in their techniques, but are comparable with regard to tactics. The aim of methods in CP is to relieve pain and/or local complications. The preliminary results of endoscopic procedures in CP are promising and the methods appear safe in the hands of experi...

Pancreatic tumors. Therapeutic endoscopy of malignant stenoses of the common bi...

From September 1987 to April 1994, 144 biliary endoprostheses were introduced (81 male; 63 female; mean age 68.7 years) in patients presenting distal stricture of the common bile duct by pancreatic tumors. 135 plastic (10 and 12 French) and 9 metallic (30 French) prostheses were placed. The most common complication associated with plastic prostheses is clogging (16%); this problem was solved with the use of met...