[Combined digital subtraction angiography and cholangiography in assessing the spread of the tumor process in pancreatobiliary cancer]. / Sochetannaia digital'naia subtraktsionnaia angiografiia i kholangiografiia v otsenke rasprostranennosti opukholevogo protsessa pri pankreatobiliarnom rake.

The paper is concerned with comparative assessment of the efficacy of digital subtraction angiography and routine angiography in assessing tumor spreading in pancreatobiliary cancer. A combined method of digital subtraction angiography and cholangiography was developed and performed in 41 patients with pancreatobiliary cancer permitting maximum information on the topical location and spreading of a tumor process. The clinical importance of the obtained results permitted recommending simultaneous digital subtraction angiography and cholangiography in patients with hepatobiliary cancer.