Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients before IRE.

Variable	IRE (n=17)
Age (y), median (range)	65 (41-83)
Sex (male/female), n	8/9
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	23.6 ± 3.6
Albumin (g/dL), median (range)	3.3 (2.3-4.1)
Total bilirubin (mg/dL), median (range)	4.9 (0.8-9)
CA19-9 (U/mL), median (range)	336.8 (10-1153)
AST (U/L), median (range)	91 (17-622)
ALT (U/L), median (range)	101 (6-563)
PTBD, n (%)	15 (88)
Bismuth Type, n (%)
Type IIIA/IIIB	3/1 (18/6)
Type IV	13 (76)

BMI, body mass index; CA19-9, carbohydrate antigen 19-9; AST, aspartate transferase; ALT, alanine transferase; PTBD, percutaneous biliary drainage.