Total Fluoroscopy Time Reduction During Ultrasound- and Fluoroscopy-Guided Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Procedure: Importance of Adjusting the Puncture Angle

21 November 2021: Clinical Research

Aleksandar N. Filipović ^12ABDEF* , Dragan Mašulović ^12ACDEF , Miloš Zakošek ^1BCDF , Tamara Filipović ^23ACDEF , Danijel Galun ^24ABDEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.933889

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e933889

Table 1 Demographic and clinical parameters in relation to puncture angle.

Puncture angle	≤30°		>30°		p*
	52	67.5	19	38.0	0.002
	25	32.5	31	62.0	0.002
	64.83±11.09		65.92±10.94		0.587^**
	5.06±1.64		4.90±1.31		0.980^***
	10.19±2.83		10.80±2.94		0.200^***
	11	14.3	15	30.0	0.032
	8	10.4	4	8.0	0.889
	2	2.6	24	48.0
	83.44±52.61		232.20±140.94		^***
^* The Chi-squared test; ^ t test; ^* Mann-Whitney test.