Research Article
Endoscopic Hands-Off Technique versus Conventional Technique for Conversion from an Orobiliary to a Nasobiliary Tube
Table 1
Baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes of the patients.
| | | Endoscopic hands-off technique () | Conventional technique () | value |
| | Sex (male/female) | 41/17 | 35/21 | 0.354 | | Age (years) | 67 (30–91) | 68 (23–96) | 0.324 | | Indication for ENBD | | | 0.767 | | Suppurative cholangitis, (%) | 40 (69.0) | 39 (69.6) | | | Incomplete stone removal, (%) | 11 (19.0) | 6 (10.7) | | | Preoperative biliary drainage, (%) | 6 (10.3) | 10 (17.9) | | | Bile leak, (%) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.8) | | | Technical success, (%) | 58 (100.0) | 53 (94.6) | 0.115 | | Procedure time (sec) | 124 (50–330) | 149 (87–410) | 0.001 |
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The data are presented as the numbers of patients or as the median (range).
ENBD: endoscopic nasobiliary drainage.
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