ArticleThe British journal of surgery2024
Palliative surgery: state of the science and future directions.
Article in The British journal of surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology: Guidelines and Consensus Statement for Palliative Surgery in Oncology.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Guideline
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided sigmoid enterocolostomy for malignant bowel obstruction in frozen pelvis.Endoscopy · 2026Article
- Danish National Penile Cancer Database, DaPeCa-data: characteristics, management, and survival 2000-2025.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- Palliative care and vascular surgery: status quo, needs, barriers and current challenges from the perspective of vascular surgery specialists.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Two-stage robotic gastrectomy after bypass surgery for a perforated non-curative endoscopic submucosal dissection scar: a case report.International cancer conference journal · 2025Article
- [Patient safety in palliative surgery].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Hospice patients in the emergency department: Challenging high-risk encounters with unanswered questions and unquestioned answers.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Revisiting malignant gastric outlet obstruction: Where do we stand?World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Article
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Abstract
Palliative surgical procedures are operations that aim to alleviate symptoms in a patient with serious, life-limiting illness. They are common, particularly within the field of surgical oncology. However, few high-quality studies have attempted to measure the durability of improvements in symptoms and quality of life after palliative surgery. Furthermore, many of the studies that do exist are outdated and employ highly inconsistent definitions of palliative surgery. Consequently, the paucity of robust and reliable evidence on the benefits, risks, and trade-offs of palliative surgery hampers clinical decision-making for patients and their surgeons. The evidence for palliative surgery suggests that, with effective communication about goals of care and careful patient selection, palliative surgery can provide symptomatic relief and reduce healthcare burdens for certain seriously ill patients.
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