Table 1 Patients characteristics
No. | 140 |
Age, mean (SD) | 65.61 (13.93) |
Sex (M/F) | 70/70 |
Indications | Â |
  CBD stones | 67 (47.8) |
  Acute cholecystitis | 20 (14.2) |
  Malignancy |  |
Cholangiocarcinoma | 20 (14.2) |
   Pancreas cancer | 10 (7.1) |
Ampullary malignancy | 6 (4.2) |
   Metastatic cancer | 2 (1.4) |
  CBD dilatation | 3 (2.1) |
  Bile leak | 1 (0.7) |
  Chronic pancreatitis | 3 (2.1) |
  Choledochal cyst | 4 (2.8) |
  Gallstone pancreatitis | 1 (0.7) |
  Parasite | 1 (0.7) |
  Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction | 2 (1.4) |