Demographic characteristics and clinical presentation of 122 patients who underwent excision of choledochal cyst and subsequent biliary reconstruction at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center from 2003 to 2016
| All patients n (%) 122 (100) | Hepaticoduodenostomy n (%) 68 (56) | Hepaticojejunostomy n (%) 54 (44) | P value | Mean difference ±SE (95% CI) | |
| Age (mean in months) | 36.1 | 40.4 | 31.4 | 0.204 | 1.289±1.220 (0.869 to 1.913) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Male | 34 (27.9) | 19 (27.9) | 15 (27.8) | 0.984 | Not applicable |
| Female | 88 (72.1) | 49 (72.1) | 39 (72.2) | ||
| Type of cyst, n (%) | |||||
| I | 106 (86.9) | 57 (83.8) | 49 (90.7) | 0.268 | Not applicable |
| II | 10 (8.2) | 8 (11.8) | 2 (3.7) | ||
| IV | 6 (4.9) | 3 (4.4) | 3 (5.6) | ||
| Operative times in min (mean) | 249.2 | 203.6 | 321.3 | 0.000* | 0.634±1.058 (0.566 to 0.708) |
| Hospital stay in days (mean) | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 0.002* | −0.881±0.284 (−1.444 to 0.319) |
| Duration of follow-up in months (mean) | 32.8 | 36.2 | 28.6 | 0.263 | 7.619±6.775 (−5.799 to 21.038) |
*t-Test significant at the 5% level.