Effect of preoperative biliary drainage on outcome of classical pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 1 Patient variables in the stented and non stented groups

	PBD	No PBD	Significance
Patients (n)	21	27	0.453
Median age (yr)	50 (25-68)	48 (30-72)	0.446
Sex ratio (M:F)	10:11	15:12	0.588
Mean serum bilirubin (mg/dL)	7.85 (SD ± 5.59)	11.83 (SD ± 9.05)	0.561
Albumin (mg/dL)	3.34 (SD ± 0.7)	3.17 (SD ± 0.82)	0.872
Location of tumor
Ampulla	18	25	0.439
Bile duct	0	1	0.373
Duodenum	3	1	0.188

Table 2 Morbidity and mortality in the two groups

	PBD	No PBD	Significance
Sepsis	4	0	0.018a
Wound infection	5	1	0.037a
Minor bile leak	3	0	0.043a
Pancreatic leak	6	2	0.106
Bleeding	1	0	0.252
Lymphorrhea	2	4	0.580
Median hospital stay (d)	13 (1-147)	12 (9-32)	0.943
Mortality	3	5	0.690

^aP < 0.05, PBD vs No PBD.