Biliary and pancreatic disease in the elderly.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am
; 19(2): 433-57, 1990 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Cholelithiasis and its complications, along with malignancy, account for the majority of biliary and pancreatic diseases in the elderly and increase in frequency with advancing age. The presentation is often subtle and requires a high index of suspicion on the part of the clinician. Surgical management of pancreaticobiliary disease usually is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality relative to younger patients, although in some cases surgery still remains the best treatment modality. A major advance has been the development of nonsurgical therapeutic techniques, such as endoscopic sphincterotomy and biliary endoprostheses.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Pancreatite
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Colelitíase
/
Éteres Metílicos
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Gastroenterol Clin North Am
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article