Table 3.

Preoperative biliary drainage in jaundice patients (n = 90)

	Biliary drainage 37 (41%)	Non-biliary drainage 53 (59%)	P value
TB at presentation (mean ± SD)	19.4 ± 10.5	12.1 ± 15.8	0.06
TB at day before surgery (mean ± SD)	3.9 ± 4.1	17.1 ± 14.3	0.04
Post-operative complication	35%	37.70%	0.80
Length of hospital stay (mean ± SD)	15.6 ± 9.7	16.3 ± 7.6	0.56
Mortality (%)	0	2 (3.7)	-
Median survival time, mo (95%CI)	30.4 (16.3-58.7)	17 (12.2-26.6)	0.02
5-year survival rate, %(95%CI)	29.5 (14.1-46.7)	7.3 (0.9-22. 4)	0.02

TB: Serum total bilirubin.