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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2016; 22(14): 3793-3802
Published online Apr 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i14.3793
Published online Apr 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i14.3793
Table 1 Characteristics of 419 patients who underwent endoscopic preoperative biliary drainage via plastic stent and nasobiliary catheter n (%)
| All patients (n = 419) | PS (n = 253) | NBC (n = 166) | P value | |
| Sex, male | 269 (64) | 163 (64) | 106 (64) | 0.905 |
| Age (yr) | 69 (63-75) | 69 (62-75) | 70 (63-76) | 0.274 |
| Performance status, 0/1/2 | 331/81/7 (79/19/2) | 201/50/2 (79/20/1) | 130/31/5 (78/19/3) | 0.781 |
| Primary cancer, pancreas/biliary tract/ampullary | 194/175/50 (46/42/12) | 133/91/29 (53/36/11) | 61/84/21 (37/51/13) | 0.003 |
| Primary tumor size (mm) | 20 (15-30) | 20 (14-28) | 22 (18-30) | 0.008 |
| Length of biliary stricture (mm) | 16 (11-22) | 15 (11-22) | 17 (12-23) | 0.154 |
| Diameter of proximal bile duct (mm) | 15 (12-18) | 15 (12-18) | 14 (11-17) | 0.050 |
| Involvement of intrapancreatic bile duct | 354 (84) | 221 (87) | 133 (80) | 0.048 |
| Tumor invasion into duodenum | 213 (51)1 | 132 (53) | 81 (51) | 0.823 |
| Cholangitis on admission | 64 (15) | 34 (13) | 30 (18) | 0.200 |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 7.8 (3.3-13.2) | 7.5 (3.3-12.6) | 8.6 (3.4-13.5) | 0.536 |
- Citation: Sasahira N, Hamada T, Togawa O, Yamamoto R, Iwai T, Tamada K, Kawaguchi Y, Shimura K, Koike T, Yoshida Y, Sugimori K, Ryozawa S, Kakimoto T, Nishikawa K, Kitamura K, Imamura T, Mizuide M, Toda N, Maetani I, Sakai Y, Itoi T, Nagahama M, Nakai Y, Isayama H. Multicenter study of endoscopic preoperative biliary drainage for malignant distal biliary obstruction. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(14): 3793-3802
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i14/3793.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i14.3793