Table 1. Baseline characteristics

	Biliopancreatic tunneling (n=5)	Choledochojejunostomy (n=3)	p-value
Sex and gender (%)
Male	100	100
Female	0	0
Age (yr)	49±11	50±9	p=0.91)
Time from onset to surgery (mo)	31±21	30±21	p=0.91)
Pattern of pain (%)
Continuous	40	33	p=0.852)
Intermittent	60	67
Alcohol abuse (%)	80	100	p=0.42)
BMI (kg/m2)	19±2	19±2	p=0.91)
Weight (kg)	52±11	50±8	p=0.71)
ASA class (%)
I	0	0
II	100	100
III	0	0
Pseudocyst (%)	60	0	p=0.092)
Mean diameter of bile duct (mm)	14±4	15±5	p=0.81)
Mean diameter of pancreatic duct (mm)	11±5	11±1	p=0.91)
Mean diameter of pancreatic head (mm)	31±4	32±3	p=0.81)
Surgical procedure (%)
Extended partington	0	100
Frey	100	0
Mean operative time (min)	244±71	257±71	p=0.81)
Mean blood loss (mL)	130±45	117±29	p=0.61)
Preoperative Izbicki score	64 (55–68)	59 (44–58)	p=0.43)
Preoperative SF-12 PCS	42 (0–58)	29 (13–79)	p=0.73)
Preoperative SF-12 MCS	62 (28–83)	29 (18–86)	p=0.43)
Preoperative endocrine insufficiency (%)	20	33	p=12)
Preoperative exocrine insufficiency (%)	20	0	p=12)
Nausea (%)	40	67	p=12)
Weight loss (%)	60	100	p=0.52)
Anorexia (%)	40	33	p=12)

Student’s t-test, with the Shapiro-Wilk test, showed a normal distribution of variables.
Fisher exact test.
Wilcoxon rank-sum test, with the Shapiro-Wilk test, showed an abnormal distribution of variables.
BMI, body mass index; PCS, physical component summary; MCS, mental component summary.