Persistent systemic inflammatory response after stent insertion in patients with malignant bile duct obstruction

A B Ballinger1, J A Woolley, M Ahmed

  • 1Digestive Diseases Research Centre, St Bartholomew's, London, UK.

Gut
|June 9, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Biliary drainage did not alter tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) or its receptors in patients with malignant bile duct obstruction. This suggests preoperative drainage may not reduce surgical risks in these patients.