[Palliative endoscopic treatment of proximal XXXX ].

@entity1 @entity788 @entity5 @entity201 @entity255 @entity2679 @entity733 @entity1086 @entity432 @entity1125
24 @entity1 (median age 71.5 years) with inoperable proximal @entity5 were treated by insertion of endoscopic endoprostheses from January 1991 to August 1994. 10 @entity1 had @entity1086 , 6 @entity5 of body or tail of pancreas, 5 @entity201 and 3 other metastatic malignancy, respectively. 13 @entity1 had type I, 10 had type II and 1 had @entity1125 (Bismuth classification). @entity432 or dislocation required a secondary stent insertion in 9 @entity1 . In all cases there was adequate biliary drainage after stent insertion. Complications were: early @entity255 developed in 2 @entity1 , late @entity255 in 5, stent dislocation in 3. One @entity1 underwent an operation because of necrotising @entity2679 and @entity733 . There was no bleeding, retroperitoneal perforation or @entity788 . 18 @entity1 died (median survival time 28 weeks) and 6 have been alive at the time of review for 15 weeks in average. Endoscopic stent insertion can be applied effectively also in the palliative treatment of proximal @entity5 .
