Impact of previous cyst-enterostomy on patients’ outcome following resection of bile duct cysts

Table 2 Patients’ clinical presentation

	Patients with previous CE n = 16	Patients without previous CE n = 227	Total n = 243	P value
Median delay between symptoms and diagnosis (mo) (range)	2 (0-486)	2 (0-360)	2 (0-486)	0.8848
Type of symptoms and signs
Asymptomatic	2 (12.5%)	31 (13.7%)	33 (13.6%)	1.0000
Isolated pain	2 (12.5%)	104 (45.8%)	106 (43.6%)	0.0094
Cholangitis	12 (75%)	52 (22.9%)	64 (26.3%)	< 0.0001
Pancreatitis	2 (12.5%)	49 (21.6%)	51 (21.0%)	0.5344
Abdominal mass	2 (12.5%)	22 (9.7%)	24 (9.9%)	0.6631
Jaundice1	6 (37.5%)	59 (26.0%)	65 (27.2%)	0.3843
Pruritus	1 (6.2%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.2%)	0.1855
Weight loss	2 (12.5%)	6 (2.6%)	8 (3.2%)	0.0903
Complicated presentation	12 (75%)	92 (40.5%)	104 (42.8%)	0.0071
Number of patients with > 2 symptoms	9 (56.25%)	92 (40.5%)	102 (42.0%)	0.2942

CE: Cyst-enterostomy;

¹without fever.