Table 5. MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS (EXCLUDING DEATH*) BY GROUP
CI, confidence interval; PBD, prosthetic biliary drainage; BBP, prereferral surgical biliary bypass.
* With 4 deaths in 300 patients, there was insufficient statistical power for multivariate analysis of factors associated with postoperative death.
† One patient with an occluded choledochojejunostomy had preoperative relief of recurrent jaundice with an endobiliary stent. This patient is included in the PBD group.
‡ Biochemical or clinical.
