Research Article

Surgical Management and Prognosis of Congenital Choledochal Cysts in Adults: A Single Asian Center Cohort of 69 Cases

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants.

CharacteristicsOverallType IType IV value

Gender, n (%)69 (100)47 (68.1)19 (27.5)0.947
 Female51 (73.9)35 (68.6)14 (27.4)-
 Male18 (26.1)12 (66.7)5 (27.8)-
Age at diagnosis (years)32 (22–45)33 ± 335 (27–41)0.202
Disease course (months)72 ± 1466 ± 1593 ± 350.082
Length of hospital stay (days)18 ± 118 ± 218 ± 20.397
Follow-up (months)77 ± 883 ± 1169 ± 120.677

Presentation, n (%)
 Abdominal pain62 (89.9)43 (69.4)17 (27.4)1.000
 Abdominal mass3 (4.3)1 (33.3)2 (66.7)0.197
 Jaundice18 (26.1)13 (72.2)4 (22.2)0.759
 Fever21 (30.4)15 (71.4)5 (23.8)0.654
 Charcot’s triad12 (17.4)10 (83.3)1 (8.3)0.156
 Nausea/vomit29 (42.0)18 (62.1)10 (34.5)0.286
 Incidental finding7 (10.1)4 (57.1)2 (28.6)1.000
APBJ44 (63.8)29 (65.9)13 (29.5)0.607

Complication, n (%)69 (100)
 Malignancy5 (7.2)2 (40.0)3 (60.0)0.139
 Cholecystolithiasis27 (39.1)17 (63.0)10 (37.0)0.218
 Choledocholithiasis32 (46.4)22 (68.8)9 (28.1)0.967
 Cholecystitis69 (100)47 (68.1)19 (27.5)-
 Cholangitis26 (37.7)16 (61.5)9 (34.6)0.312
 Pancreatitis15 (21.7)9 (60.0)5 (33.3)0.519

APBJ: abnormal pancreaticobiliary junction.