Palliation: Hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Table 3 Malignant hilar obstruction-1 stent or 2

	Group A	Group B	Group C
n	32	29	37
Early cholangitis	6%	0%	32%
30-d mortality	0%	3%	30%
Survival (d)	145	225	45

Group A: One lobe opacified and the same lobe drained; Group B: Both lobes opacified and both lobes drained; Group C: Both lobes opacified with just one lobe drained. Available from Chang et al[18].