21 November 2021>: Clinical Research
Total Fluoroscopy Time Reduction During Ultrasound- and Fluoroscopy-Guided Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Procedure: Importance of Adjusting the Puncture Angle
Aleksandar N. Filipović 12ABDEF* , Dragan Mašulović 12ACDEF , Miloš Zakošek 1BCDF , Tamara Filipović 23ACDEF , Danijel Galun 24ABDEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.933889
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e933889
Table 3 The association of total fluoroscopy time and demographic and clinical characteristics.
Unstandardized coefficients | Standardized coefficients | p | ||
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B | SE | Beta | ||
(Constant) | −66.064 | 53.079 | 0.216 | |
Gender | 12.277 | 13.445 | 0.050 | 0.363 |
Age | 1.298 | 0.604 | 0.118 | 0.034 |
Peripheral bile duct diameter | 2.499 | 5.785 | 0.031 | 0.666 |
Central bile duct diameter | −2.640 | 3.014 | −0.063 | 0.383 |
Tortuosity | −15.376 | 17.473 | −0.051 | 0.381 |
Metastases | 28.140 | 22.584 | 0.068 | 0.215 |
Multiple strictures | 201.318 | 20.796 | 0.672 | 0.000 |
Angle >30° | 57.415 | 16.142 | 0.232 | 0.001 |
Adjusted R=0.661; B – regression coefficient; SE – standard error. |