Predictors of long term survival after hepatic resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: A retrospective study of 5-year survivors

Table 1 Baseline characteristics n (%)

	< 5-yr survival (n = 209)	> 5-yr survival (n = 34)	P value
Age	54.59 ± 4.98	50.47 ± 4.45	0.001
Sex
Male	124 (59.3)	23 (67.6)	0.09
Female	85 (40.7)	11 (32.4)
Symptoms
Pain	73 (34.9)	12 (35.3)	0.97
Jaundice	206 (98.6)	34 (100)	0.95
Weight loss	97 (46.4)	13 (38.2)	0.349
Serum albumin	3.7 (± 0.46)	3.82 (± 0.31)	0.162
Total serum bilirubin	15.29 (± 9.74)	15.13 (± 9.41)	0.928
Serum alkaline phosphatase	29.92 (± 41.62)	38.74 (± 24.12)	0.231
SGPT	97.33 (± 112.84)	89.18 (± 52.74)	0.68
CA19-9	395.71 ± 31.43	254.06 ± 42.19	< 0.0001
HCV	86 (41.1)	10 (29.4)	0.18
Preoperative biliary drainage	90 (43.06)	18 (52.9)	0.38
No preoperative biliary drainage	119 (66.94)	16 (47.1)
ERCP	25 (11.96)	9 (26.5)	0.025
PTD	65 (31.1)	9 (26.5)	0.564

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; SGPT: Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; PTD: Preoperative biliary drainage.