10MG, ΗΛΙΚΙΑ>60 ΕΤΩΝ, ΠΑΘΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΤΙΜΗ ΟΥΡΙΑΣ-ΚΡΕΑΤΙΝΙΝΗΣ, HT<30%) ΕΔΕΙΞΕ ΟΤΙ ΟΣΟ ΑΥΞΑΝΕΙ Ο ΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΩΝ ΚΙΝΔΥΝΟΥ ΤΟΣΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝΕΙ ΤΟ ΠΟΣΟΣΤΟ ΤΗΣ ΜΕΤΕΓΧΕΙΡΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΘΝΗΣΙΜΟΤΗΤΑΣ. (ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗΣ). BILIARY TRACT SURGERY IN THE PRESENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH MORTALITY AND SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ANALYSE THE CAUSES OF DEATH OF THE PATIENTS, WHOSE CASE RECORDS WERE REVIEWED, AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH FATAL POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND HIGH RISK FACTORS. 187 PATIENTS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE BILIARY TRACT SURGERY BETWEEN 1986 AND 1991, WITH A MORTALITY RATE OF 11,8% (22 PATIENTS) WERE STUDIED. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE MOST SERIOUS AND WITH POOR PROGNOSIS POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE ACUTE RENAL FAILURE, UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE AND SEPTICAEMIA.17 PATIENTS (39,5%0 DEVELOPED ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AND 11 (64,7%) OF THEM DIEDOF THIS REASON. 14 PATEIENTS (32,5%) DEVELOPED UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE AND 3 (21,4%) OF THEM DIED FROM MASSIVE HAEMORRHAGE. 12 PATIENTS (27,9%) DEVELOPED SEPTICAEMIA AND 4 (33,3%) OF THEM DIED FROM SEPSIS. CORRELATION OF THE POST-OPERATIVE MORTALITY WITH THE POTENTIAL HIGH RISK FACTORS THAT WE HAVESELECTED (MALIGNANCY, SERUM BILIRUBIN>10MG, AGE>60 YEARS, SERUM UREA-CREATININE, HT<30%) SHOWED THAT THE MORE RISK FACTORS ARE POSITIVE THE GREATER THE RISKOF POST-OPERATIVE MORTALITY. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT POST-OPERATIVE MORTALITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH, WITH FIRST CAUSE OF DEATH THE ACUTE RENAL FAILURE FOLLOWED BY SEPTICAEMIA AND UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE IN THIS ORDER. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED). Subjects: Obstructive jaundice, Αποφρακτικός ίκτερος, Χειρουργική επέμβαση, Θνητότητα, Mortality, SURGERY-OPERATION" />
POSTOPERATIVE MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE JΑUNDICE