Endobiliary Ablation Combined with Immune Nutrition Improves Quality of Life: A Preliminary Clinical Study in Patients with Advanced Malignant Obstructive Jaundice

15 September 2022 : Clinical Research

Jie Yao^1ABE, Yalin Kong^2A*, Cheng Wang^2C, Yaping Wei^1BD, Hailian Li^1DE, Chengli Liu^23DEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936863

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936863

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Table 3 Primary outcome of the studied groups.

Variables	Control group (n=28)	Study group (n=31)	P value
Resume daily activities (day)	15.8±6.3	16.9±6.7	0.741
Excluding censored cases (day)	12.1±4.1	13.7±5.4	0.263
Duration of stent patency (month)	7.0±3.7	10.6±4.1	0.015^*
Death (n)	23 (82.1%)	24 (77.4%)	0.168
Tumor progression	21 (75.0%)	16 (45.7%)	0.249
Non-tumor progression	3 (9.3%)	7 (31.5%)	0.012
Overall survival (month)	7.4±2.6	10.1±3.4	0.017^*
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