Question
How to relieve neonatal obstructive jaundice?
Answer
For early obstructive jaundice, surgical treatment is currently one of the most important treatment methods. The surgery primarily involves removing the affected area, extracting associated stones, and rerouting the bile duct. However, malignant obstructive jaundice is often discovered at a late stage and involves significant surgical trauma. Patients with moderate to severe obstructive jaundice often have high risk factors such as advanced age, tumor invasion, low proteinemia, liver and kidney dysfunction, and malnutrition, which make postoperative complications and mortality rates less than optimistic. Currently, interventional methods are first employed to alleviate obstructive jaundice, improve the overall condition, further determine tumor staging, which helps in assessing the resectability of the tumor, reduce unnecessary surgical trauma, lower postoperative complications, and play a crucial role in choosing the treatment plan for obstructive jaundice.