21 November 2021 : Clinical Research
Total Fluoroscopy Time Reduction During Ultrasound- and Fluoroscopy-Guided Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Procedure: Importance of Adjusting the Puncture Angle
Aleksandar N. Filipović12ABDEF*, Dragan Mašulović12ACDEF, Miloš Zakošek1BCDF, Tamara Filipović23ACDEF, Danijel Galun24ABDEFDOI: 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 | ||
| 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 | <0.001 | |
| 83.44±52.61 | 232.20±140.94 | <0.001*** | |||
| * The Chi-squared test; ** t test; *** Mann-Whitney test. | |||||






