Research Article
Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Cases of Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery
| | MS group | PS group | value |
| Blood loss (mL, range) | 960 (303–3593) | 1450 (547–2830) | 0.24 | Operation time (min, range) | 364 (300–686) | 469 (308–552) | 0.24 |
Postoperatibe hospital stay (day, range) | 18 (17–29) | 21 (17–33) | 0.13 | Cost (US dollar, range) | 10580 (7907–28977) | 13650 (8444–54534) | 0.19 |
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MS, metallic stent; PS, plastic stent. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney test.
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