[Surgical prosthesis in Klatskin's tumor: the indications and results]

The unresectable Klatskin tumors can benefit from surgical polliction through intrahepatic biliodigestive anastomosis or surgical stenting (lost tube, "U" tube-Terblanche or "T" tube). 85 Klatskin tumors were operated in 20 years in the Surgery Clinic "Colentina" and in the Surgery Clinic "Interdepartamental". Surgical stenting was performed in 13 cases. The operation is very easy, from the technical point of view++, and the results are better composed to retrograde endoscopical prosthesis and transparietohepatic prosthesis. Stenting has a much lower morbidity and mortality than the intrahepatic biliodigestive derivations. If offers an acceptable life comfort for the surviving period.