Table 2.
Summary data from randomised studies of surgery versus endoscopic stenting of malignant biliary obstruction
| Reference | Number of patients in each group | Therapeutic success | Complications | 30 day mortality | Recurrent obstruction | Median length of hospital stay (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [33] | Surgery | 101 | 92% | Major | 29% | 15% | 2% | 26 |
| Endoscopic | 100 | 92% | 11% | 8% | 36% | 9 | ||
| (P = 0.02) | (NS) | (NS) | (NS) | |||||
| Minor | 29% | |||||||
| 18% | ||||||||
| (NS) | ||||||||
| [34] | Surgery | 25 | 88% | 20% | 24% | NR | 27 | |
| Endoscopic | 25 | 96% | 36% | 20% | NR | 26 | ||
| (NS) | (NS) | (NS) | ||||||
| [35] | Surgery | 25 | 92% | 56% | 20% | 0% | 13 | |
| Endoscopic | 23 | 91% | 30% | 9% | 43% | 5 | ||
| (NS) | (NS) | (P < 0.002) | ||||||