Table 2 Results of percutaneous transjejunal biliary intervention (PTJBI) for benign biliary strictures and stones
Benign strictures and stones | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of interventions per patient | No. of interventions per year | Interval between biliary-enteric anastomosis and initial PTJBI (weeks) | Interval between interventions (weeks) | |||||||
n (%) | Interventions | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | |
Diagnosis | ||||||||||
Post-cholecystectomy injury | 39 (62%) | 272 | 7 | 1–40 | 1.45 | 0.29–3.33 | 202.4 | 2.7–1,279.6 | 49.3 | 0.3–314.1 |
Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis | 6 (9.5%) | 90 | 15 | 3–40 | 2.34 | 1.60–3.25 | 69.5 | 3.7–253.1 | 19.5 | 14.0–32.9 |
Primary sclerosing cholangitis | 6 (9.5%) | 39 | 6 | 2–13 | 0.90 | 0.40–1.30 | 40.3 | 2.3–211.3 | 79.4 | 36.0–79.4 |
Caroli’s disease | 7 (11%) | 73 | 10 | 1–32 | 1.40 | 0.30–3.56 | 130.7 | 3.9–498.0 | 87.9 | 14.3–223.4 |
Other | 5 (8%) | 20 | 4 | 1–7 | 2.17 | 1.00–3.50 | 44.9 | 4.9–149.1 | 20.2 | 2.9–36.8 |
Total | 63 | 494 | 8 | 1.7 (p = 0.016) | 98.0 (p > 0.05) | 51.3 (p = 0.041) | ||||
Bismuth classificationa | ||||||||||
Bismuth I and II | 18 (46.2%) | 90 | 5 | 1–17 | 1.30 | 0.30–3.00 | 312.3 | 2.7–1279.6 | 57.7 | 11.2–228.1 |
Bismuth III | 8 (20.5%) | 47 | 6 | 1–14 | 1.31 | 0.29–2.00 | 212.8 | 6.0–770.9 | 69.5 | 0.3–314.1 |
Bismuth IV | 13 (33.3%) | 135 | 10 | 1–40 | 1.78 | 1.00–3.33 | 84.0 | 6.9–209.6 | 26.6 | 9.4–57.1 |
Total | 39 | 272 | 7 | 1.45 (p > 0.05) | 202.4 (p > 0.05) | 49.3 (p > 0.05) | ||||
Dominant underlying pathology | ||||||||||
Stone group | 15 (23.8%) | 118 | 8 | 1–32 | 1.23 | 0.30–3.56 | 78.1 | 2.3–498.0 | 43.9 | 0.3–314.1 |
Stricture group | 48 (76.2%) | 376 | 8 | 1–40 | 1.69 (p = 0.045) | 0.29–3.50 (p = 0.031) | 178.3 | 2.7–1,279.6 | 72.8 (p = 0.016) | 2.9–223.4 |