Diagnostic and surgical therapeutic features of extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma without jaundice

Table 1 Symptoms and signs

Symptom	Non-jaundiced		Jaundiced		P value
	No.	%	No.	%
Abdominal discomfort	15	88.2	63	75.0	> 0.05
Liver or gallbladder palpable	8	47.1	57	67.9	> 0.05
Cholelithiasis	11	64.7	26	31.0	< 0.05a

No significant difference was found between the two groups in the clinical symptoms and signs. In the non-jaundice group, the rate of combined cholelithiasis was obviously higher than in the jaundice group.

Table 2 Laboratory data

	Non-jaundiced		Jaundiced		P value
	No.	%	No.	%
Descending of HB	8	47.1	45	53.6	> 0.05
Ascending of AKP	8	72.7	56	86.2	> 0.05
Ascending of γ -GT	4	66.7	28	93.3	> 0.05
Descending of ALB	4	23.5	39	47.0	> 0.05

No significant difference was found between the two groups in laboratory data.

Table 3 Tumor location, pathological type, treatment

	Non-jaundiced		Jaundiced		P value
	No.	%	No.	%
Upper	11	64.7	48	57.1
Location middle	0	0.0	8	9.6	> 0.05
Lower	6	35.3	28	33.3
Good	6	35.3	48	57.1
Differential mild	8	47.1	27	32.1	> 0.05
Poor	3	17.7	9	10.8
Biopsy	3	17.7	8	9.5
Treatment drainage	9	52.9	43	51.2	> 0.05
By pass	0	0.0	1	1.2
Radical	5	29.4	32	38.1

No significant difference was found between the two groups in tumor locations, pathological types and treatment methods.