Research Article

The Efficacy of Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilation for Patients with Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Table 1

Characteristics of overall patients and comparisons between patients with mild (A) and severe (B) degree of acute biliary pancreatitis.

CharacteristicsOverall ()Group A ()Group B () value

Gender (male/female)110/7393/6217/110.94
Age (mean ± SD, years)65.9 ± 17.566.9 ± 17.360.3 ± 17.60.06
Body mass index24.7 ± 3.624.7 ± 3.524.9 ± 3.90.71
Symptom
 Fever4434100.09
 Nausea and vomiting11194170.99
 Abdominal pain10385180.35
 Jaundice145119260.12
Laboratory data
 WBC (×103 cu mm−1)11.7 ± 4.411.3 ± 4.413.6 ± 3.90.01
 Platelet (×103 cu mm−1)196 ± 66192 ± 67217 ± 580.09
 INR1.04 ± 0.131.06 ± 0.141.04 ± 0.110.37
 AST/ALT (IU/L)264 ± 443/275 ± 295262 ± 477/261 ± 304273 ± 170/351 ± 2290.84/0.14
 Alk-P/γ-GT (IU/L)200 ± 142/479 ± 418200 ± 145/459 ± 398200 ± 126/595 ± 5190.99/0.25
 Total bilirubin (mg/dL)3.7 ± 2.73.8 ± 2.83.2 ± 1.50.09
 LDH (IU/L)311 ± 177303 ± 179349 ± 1640.23
 Blood sugar (mg/dL)159 ± 67154 ± 62190 ± 840.04
 Amylase (IU/L)1351 ± 13091176 ± 11882302 ± 1539<0.01
 Lipase (IU/L)12310 ± 1387111419 ± 1353516798 ± 149180.09
Radiological finding
 Gallbladder in situ165140 (90.3%)25 (89.3%)0.54
  Gallbladder stone14712621
 Dilated CBD121104 (67.1%)17 (60.7%)0.51
 CBD stone9177 (49.7%)14 (50.0%)0.98

SD, standard deviation; WBC, white blood cell; INR, international normalized ratio; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; Alk-P, alkaline phosphatase; γ-GT, γ-glutamyltransferase; LDH, lactic dehydrogenase; CBD, common bile duct.