Win or lose? Percutaneous nephrostomy for a terminal-stage cervical-cancer patient featuring obstructive uropathy

J Palliat Care. 2006 Spring;22(1):57-60.

Authors

He-Ling Chang¹, Huey-Wen Lim, Fu-Hsiung Su, Shih-Tzu Tsai, Ying-Wei Wang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Heart Lotus Palliative Ward, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.

PMID: 16689418

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / psychology
Cystoscopy
Female
Humans
Longevity
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous* / adverse effects
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous* / methods
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous* / psychology
Palliative Care / methods*
Palliative Care / psychology
Patient Advocacy
Patient Selection
Personal Autonomy
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ureteral Obstruction* / etiology
Ureteral Obstruction* / surgery
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / psychology