Table 2.

Total bilirubin level and bile duct diameter in the control (Group A) and experimental groups (Group B).

		Group A (n=3)	Group B (n=6)
Total bilirubin level (μmol/L)	Before	1.90 ± 1.51	0.82 ± 0.16
	After 24h (before CDS)	6.10 ± 7.40	27.67 ± 18.03
	p-Value	0.343	0.015
	1 week after CDS		1.04 ± 0.56
	p-Value		0.022
	2 weeks after CDS		0.58 ± 0.22
	p-Value		0.020
Bile duct diameter (mm)	Before	2.77 ± 1.06	3.13 ± 1.79
	After 24h (before CDS)	3.12 ± 0.75	10.65 ± 2.60
	p-Value	0.420	<0.001

Values are means ± standard deviations.