Diagnosis of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma after the Removal of Choledocholithiasis

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Group A	Group B	𝑃 value
	𝑛=9	𝑛=37
Age	68.8 ± 9.2	69.6 ± 9.7	0.815
Gender
Male : female	4 : 5	27 : 10	0.127
Symptom
Jaundice	6	29	0.460
Abdominal pain	7	8	0.001
Fever	2	5	0.609
Anorexia	0	10	0.172
Asymptomatic	2	5	0.609
Associated disease
GS	9	7*	<0.01
Cholangitis	2	4	0.581

*following cholecystectomy in one case.