Patient characteristics and clinical details for the overall group and for the two stent subgroups
| Characteristics and clinical details |
Overall (n=134) | Tannenbaum (n=65) | Cotton–Leung (n=69) |
| Sex Male Female | 55 (41%) 79 (59%) | 31 (48%) 34 (52%) | 24 (35%) 45 (65%) |
| Median (range) age (y) | 75.5 (41–90) | 75 (44–89) | 76 (41–90) |
| ASA grade I II III IV | 15 (11%) 93 (69%) 24 (18%) 2 (2%) | 6 (9%) 48 (74%) 10 (15%) 1 (2%) | 9 (13%) 45 (65%) 14 (20%) 1 (1%) |
| Diagnosis Pancreatic cancer Cholangiocarcinoma Metastatic nodes Ampullary cancer Miscellaneous | 94 (70%) 20 (15%) 8 (6%) 7 (5%) 5 (4%) | 48 (74%) 12 (18%) 1 (2%) 2 (3%) 2 (3%) | 46 (67%) 8 (12%) 7 (10%) 5 (7%) 3 (4%) |
| Mean serum bilirubin (range) (μmol/l) | 297.3 (11–828) | 318.5 (19–828) | 277.1 (11–627) |
| Median alkaline phosphatase (range) (IU/l) | 559 (58.6–3682) | 471 (93–3682) | 562 (58.6–2655) |