Clinical Articles
Copyright ©The Author(s) 1996.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 25, 1996; 2(1): 27-29
Published online Mar 25, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.i1.27
Table 2 Mean survival period of the total 55 patients with extrahepatic bile duct cancer according to treatment
GroupTreatmentnMean survival period (¯x ± s, mo)
1tumor curative resection1121.4 ± 16.7b
2biliary-enteric bypass1412.2 ± 6.8a
3operative stent insertion167.4 ± 3.4
4permanent PTCD64.3 ± 1.5
5conservative treatment or exploratory laparotomy only82.3 ± 1.8