Table 4.

Patient characteristics and outcomes with and without bile aspiration whenever possible.

Bile Aspiration Whenever Possible	Yes (n = 11)	No (n = 11)
Preprocedural cholangitis (n)	3	1
Procedure time (min)	47 (27–89)	42 (15–90)
Time that the bile aspiration takes (min)	13 (5–20)
Antegrade stent placement (n)	2	2
Adverse events other than recurrent biliary obstruction (n)	1	6
Bile leakage (n)	0	3
Peritonitis (n)	0	3
Bleeding (n)	1	0

Continuous variables are presented as the median (range), categorical variables as the absolute number.