Table 1.
Comparison between radical and conservative surgery groups
| P1 | P2 | P value | |
| Patients | 50 | 42 | NS |
| Cysts | 60 | 53 | NS |
| Age (yr) | 53 (11-77) | 52 (23-83) | NS |
| Men (%) | 28/50 (56) | 25/42 (59.6) | NS |
| Recurrent cysts (%) | 11/50 (22) | 7/42 (16.7) | NS |
| Primary symptom (%) | Abdominalpain (60) | Abdominalpain (69) | NS |
| Complicated cysts | 5/50 (10) | 13/42 (31) | < 0.01 |
| Preoperative jaundice | 5/50 (10) | 9/42 (23.7) | < 0.01 |
| Size (cm) | 8.5 | 6.5 | < 0.05 |
| 44%>10 cm | 21.1%>10 cm | ||
| Location | 18L/23R/9 bilobar | 22L/15R/4 bilobar | NS |
| Radical surgery cyst (%) | 4/60 (6.7) | 39/53 (73.6) | < 0.001 |
| Radical surgery patients (%) | 3/50 (6) | 31/42 (73.8) | < 0.001 |
| Kehr tube insertion (%) | 36/50 (72) | 2/42 (4.8) | < 0.001 |
| Morbidity (%) | 21/50 (42) | 7/42 (16.7) | < 0.001 |
| Biliary fistula (%) | 17/50 (34) | 5/42 (12) | < 0.001 |
| RS | 0/31 (0) | 2/31 (7.7) | |
| CS | 4/11 (35) | 3/11 (27.3) | |
| Mortality (%) | 0/50 (0) | 2/42 (4.8) | NS |
| RS | 0/31 (0) | 0/31 (0) | |
| CS | 0/11 (0) | 2/11 (18) | |
| Mean hospital stay | 23 (6-71) | 7 (4-50) | < 0.001 |
| Recurrence | 4 | 0 | NS |
L: Left; R: Right; NS: No stastistical significance.