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Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer (Part 2)
When the tumor is blocking the bile duct or duodenum, the surgeon may do the patient a sort of ‘bypass’.
A ‘bridge’ that will allow fluids normally think through the digestive system and relieves the symptoms of jaundice and pain resulting from the blockage.
Similar results can be obtained without resorting to ‘bypass’. Simply insert a biliary stent in the buffer zone, a small mesh that keeps the tubes open.
Most operations require that patients remain hospitalized in the hospital for several days to recover, except in cases of biliary stents after placement of which improvement may be rapid and even ir the patient can go home the next day.
In all other cases, it is normal that the patient is tired and weak in the days immediately following, and most need to be at least a month of rest at home after leaving the hospital.