Biliary stent combined with iodine-125 seed strand implantation in malignant obstructive jaundice

Table 2 Comparison of preoperative and postoperative changes in the two groups of patients

	Combined	Control	P value
Total bilirubin, μmoL/L			0.147
Before	358.98 ± 134.05	347.86 ± 131.73
After	180.08 ± 110.94	199.43 ± 113.88
P value	0.000	0.000
Direct bilirubin, μmoL/L			0.448
Before	196.02 ± 74.90	194.76 ± 73.52
After	97.89 ± 67.33	108.97 ± 66.91
P value	0.000	0.000
ALT, U/L			0.120
Before	209.82 ± 148.62	209.65 ± 152.53
After	80.73 ± 54.18	95.41 ± 68.73
P value	0.000	0.000
AST, U/L			0.387
Before	195.46 ± 154.29	193.51 ± 136.76
After	61.97 ± 47.25	80.71 ± 67.98
P value	0.000	0.000

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase.