Esophageal Stent for Refractory Variceal Bleeding: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis

Figure 2

Deployment of esophageal stent in patients with refractory variceal bleeding. The esophageal stents were successfully deployed in 96.7% (95% CI: 91.6%–99.5%) of the 80 patients in the 5 studies. There was no heterogeneity among the studies ().