Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Cases of Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery

Table 2

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) delay.

(a)

	All complications
	MS group	PS group	value
Delayed NAC	1	9
Nondelayed NAC	8	2	0.01

(b)

	Biliary stent complication
	MS group	PS group	value
Delayed NAC	0	8
Nondelayed NAC	9	3	0.01

MS, metallic stent; PS, plastic stent
Statistical analysis was performed using the 2 × 2 chi square test.