[Value of left cholangiojejunostomy in palliative treatment of malignant obstruction of the hepatic hilus].

The aim of this study is to analyse the results of the intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy in the duct of segment III for malignant hilar obstruction performed in a group of 17 consecutive patients. An index for life quality, named comfort index, allowing the numeric comparison of the results was evaluated. An important reduction of the jaundice in 100% of the cases that were discharged from the hospital was observed. The hospital mortality was 11.8% with a comfort index of 81.9%. These results allow the following conclusions: 1) the employed technique represent an effective method for the solution of the cholestasis caused by unresectable tumors of the hepatic hilus; 2) the comfort index of 81.9% showed that the method is suitable as a palliative treatment of malignant hilar biliary obstruction.