Biliary leakage after urgent cholecystectomy: Optimization of endoscopic treatment

Table 3 Clinical characteristics of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography successfully treated patients with post-cholecystectomy biliary leakage in the long-term follow-up

Parameter	n (%)
Number of patients	27
Abdominal pain	0
Abdominal distension	0
Elevated bilirubin¹	0
Elevated ALT²	13 (48.2)
Dilated common bile duct (> 6 mm)³	0
Death	4 (14.8)

¹Bilirubin > 20 mmol/L; ²ALT > two times above normal; ³Measured by transabdominal or endoscopic ultrasound. ALT: Alanine transaminase.