Prognostic factors for survival in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma treated with percutaneous transhepatic drainage.

Biliary drainage is then one of the necessary procedures to help patients suffering from icterus to reduce serum bilirubin levels and relieve symptoms. The aim of this study was identifying risk factors for survival in patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) treated with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) and to develop a simple scoring system predicting survival from PTBD insertion. This single-centre retrospective study included 175 consecutive patients undergoing PTBD for extrahepatic CCA (perihilar and distal).

Percutaneous Endoluminal Radiofrequency Ablation of Occluded Biliary Metal Stent in Malignancy Using Monopolar Technique: A Feasibility Study.

Purpose: To prove feasibility and safety of percutaneous endoluminal radiofrequency ablation (eRFA) using a monopolar approach in treatment of occluded biliary stent in malignancy.

Materials And Methods: The study included 11 patients with occluded biliary metal stent that had been implanted due to malignant biliary obstruction. All underwent metal stent recanalization by percutaneous eRFA in monopolar setting.

Prognostic Survival Factors of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Transarterial Chemoembolization.

Purpose: Identification of prognostic survival factors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in a single center in 2005-2018.

Background: Transarterial chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma is indicated in Barcelona Liver Cancer Clinic (BLCC) stage B. This stage includes a very large group of patients unsuitable for curative treatment, who are in a good clinical condition and do not show extra-hepatic spread.