Table 2.
Cohort characteristics of patients who underwent biliary-enteric anastomosis comparing those who did and did not develop an anastomotic stricture
| Overall Cohort N (%) N=3374 |
No Stricture N (row %) N=2971 |
Stricture N (row %) N=403 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Group | ||||
| 66–74 | 1659 (49.2) | 1432 (86.3) | 227 (13.7) | 0.002 |
| ≥75 | 1715 (50.8) | 1539 (89.7) | 176 (10.3) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1452 (43.0) | 1267 (87.3) | 185 (12.7) | 0.21 |
| Female | 1922 (57.0) | 1704 (88.7) | 218 (11.3) | |
| Race | ||||
| White | 3016 (89.3) | 2654 (89.3) | 362 (89.0) | 0.92 |
| Black | 191 (5.7) | 170 (5.7) | 21 (5.2) | |
| Other | 167 (5.0) | 147 (5.0) | 20 (5.8) | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||||
| 0 | 128 (3.9) | 106 (82.8) | 22 (17.2) | 0.004 |
| 1 | 426 (12.6) | 360 (84.5) | 66 (15.5) | |
| 2 | 666 (19.7) | 578 (86.8) | 88 (13.2) | |
| ≥3 | 2154 (63.8) | 1927 (89.5) | 227 (10.5) | |
| Surgery Type | ||||
| Hepaticojejunostomy | 1541 (45.7) | 1349 (87.5) | 192 (12.5) | 0.40 |
| Choledochojejunostomy | 1833 (54.3) | 1622 (88.5) | 211 (11.5) | |
| Diagnosis at Surgery | ||||
| Benign | 1304 (38.7) | 1127 (86.4) | 177 (13.6) | 0.02 |
| Malignant | 2070 (61.3) | 1844 (89.1) | 226 (10.9) | |
| Jaundice at Surgery | ||||
| Yes | 1283 (38.0) | 1095 (85.4) | 188 (14.6) | <0.0001 |
| No | 2091 (62.0) | 1876 (89.7) | 215 (10.3) | |
| Preoperative Procedure | ||||
| None | 2127 (63.0) | 1907 (64.2) | 220 (54.6) | 0.0004 |
| Percutaneous transhepatic cathether/drain (PTC) | 100 (3.0) | 89 (3.0) | 11 (2.7) | |
| Endoscopic biliary stent | 1147 (34.0) | 975 (32.8) | 172 (42.7) |