Comparison of an Inside Stent and a Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Stent as Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Patients with Resectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Table 4

Postoperative complications of bile leakage classified with and without hepatectomy and pancreatectomy.

Bile leakage	With (n = 22)	Without (n = 29)	value
With hepatectomy	22	22	0.757
IS	14	13
FCSEMS	8	9
Without hepatectomy	0	7	Not available
IS	0	1
FCSEMS	0	6

IS, inside stent; FCSEMS, fully covered self-expandable metallic stent.