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Table 3 Complications at both groups

From: Biliary drainage combined with simultaneous 125I seed strand brachytherapy for the treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Parameter

Experimental Group (n = 34)

Control group (n = 30)

P value

Early complications

  

-

 Skin bile leakage

8

3

0.14

 Cholangitis

6

4

0.64

 Self limited hemobilia

9

4

0.19

 Biliary infection

4

3

0.82

Late complications

 Skin bile leakage

11

4

0.12

 Cholangitis

4

5

0.57

 Cholecystitis

2

2

0.85

 125I seed strands migration

2

0

0.11