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Postbiliary drainage rates of cholangitis are impacted by procedural technique for patients with supra‐ampullary cholangiocarcinoma: A SEER‐Medicare analysis
Author(s) -
Kariya Christine M.,
Wach Michael M.,
Ruff Samantha M.,
Ayabe Reed I.,
Lo Winifred M.,
Torres Madeline B.,
Petrick Jessica L.,
McNeel Timothy S.,
Davis Jeremy L.,
McGlynn Katherine A.,
Hernandez Jonathan M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.25485
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary drainage , sphincter of oddi , gastroenterology , cohort , sphincter , resection , surgery
Background The optimal approach to biliary drainage for patients with supra‐ampullary cholangiocarcinoma remains undetermined. Violation of sphincter of Oddi results in bacterial colonization of bile ducts and may increase postdrainage infectious complications. We sought to determine if rates of cholangitis are affected by the type of drainage procedure. Methods We examined the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results‐Medicare linked database from 1991 to 2013 for cholangiocarcinoma. Biliary drainage procedures were categorized as sphincter of Oddi violating (SOV) or sphincter of Oddi preserving (SOP). Patients were stratified by resection. Results A total of 1914 patients were included in the final analysis. A total of 1264 patients did not undergo a postdrainage resection (SOP 83, SOV 1181) while 650 did undergo a postdrainage resection (SOP 26, SOV 624). For those patients not undergoing a postdrainage resection, the rate of cholangitis 90 days after an SOP procedure was 19% compared with 34% in the SOV cohort ( P = 0.007). For those patients undergoing a postdrainage resection, the rate of cholangitis 90 days after an SOP procedure was less than 42.3% compared with 30% in the SOV cohort ( P = 0.66). Conclusion For patients with supra‐ampullary cholangiocarcinoma that did not undergo resection, biliary drainage procedures that violated the sphincter of Oddi were associated with increased rates of cholangitis.