Table III. Studies that compared palliative resection and bypass surgery.

	Reinders et al. 1995 46		Lillemoe et al. 1996 47		Kuhlmann et al. 2005 48
Study	Resection n=36	Bypass n=24	Resection n=64	Bypass n=62	Resection n=80	Bypass n=90
Median tumour size (cm)	4.30	4.25	3.6	NS	2.9	3.5
Morbidity (%)	44	33	42	32	41	31
Hospital mortality (%)	3	0	1.6	1.6	0	2
2-year survival (%)	24	2	16	8	24	2
Hospital stay (days)	25	18	18	15	16	10
Chemoradiation (%)	17	17	78	48	14	44

NS, not stated in the article.