Table 1 The patient characteristics.
From: Tissue sampling for biliary strictures using novel elbow biopsy forceps
Characteristics | |
|---|---|
Number of patients, n | 24 |
Sex (F:M) | 9:15 |
Age, mean (SD), year | 68.3 (7.9) |
Location of stricture, n (%) | |
Inferior | 9 (37.5) |
Middle | 6 (25.0) |
Superior | 4 (16.7) |
Hilar | 5 (20.8) |
Length of stricture, median (range), mm | 13.5 (8–26) |
Clinical symptoms, n (%) | |
Jaundice | 16 (66.7) |
Abdominal pain | 13 (54.2) |
Anorexia | 9 (37.5) |
Fatigue | 4 (16.7) |
Pathological diagnosis, n (%) | |
Malignant | 17 (70.8) |
Adenocarcinoma | 6 (20.2) |
Suspected adenocarcinoma | 2 (16.7) |
Severe dysplasia | 9 (37.5) |
Benign | 7 (29.1) |
Chronic inflammation | 6 (25) |
No tumor | 1 (4.1) |
Surgical treatment, n (%) | 18 (75) |
Following up, median (range), months | 11 (7–20) |
Number of attempt biopsies, median (range), n | 5 (3–7) |
Number of biopsies, median (range),n | 2 (2–4) |
The size of the specimen, mean (SD), mm | 1.9 (0.4) |
