Late biliary complications in human alveolar echinococcosis are associated with high mortality

Table 2 Summary of 44 late biliary symptoms and complications occurring in 26 patients and their respective outcome

Biliary complication	No. of patients	Outcome Number deaths during follow-up	Time to death of non-survivors, (yr)	Length of follow-up after BC, (yr)
Sclerosing cholangitis-like lesions (subtype2)	8 (31)	7/8 (87.5)	3 (1.5-5)	3.75 (1.75-6)
Stenosis of the common bile duct (subtype 4)	7 (27)	4/7 (57)	4 (1.75-6.75)	6 (4-10)
Late cholangitis (subtype 1)	14 (54)	5/14 (35)	2 (2.5-6)	7 (4-10.25)
Hepatolithiasis (subtype 3)	5 (19)	3/5 (60)	2 (2-3)	4 (2-6)
Secondary biliary cirrhosis(subtype 5)	7 (27)	4/7 (57)	3 (2-4.5)	6 (3-7)
Postoperative biliary stenosis after hepaticojejunostomy (subtype 7)	1 (4)	No deaths		11
Biliary fistula (subtype 8)	2 (8)	No deaths		8

Since one patient can have more than one late biliary complication, numbers do not add up to 100%. Data are expressed as absolute numbers (percentage) or median (IQR).