Review Article
Esophageal Stent for Refractory Variceal Bleeding: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Outcomes of esophageal stent.
| Author | Success of deployment | Time of stenting (d) | Stent migration | Stent-related complications | Bleeding controlled | TIPS after stent | Follow-up (d) | Rebleeding | 30 d mortality | 42 d mortality | 60 d mortality | Death from uncontrolled bleeding | Death from hepatic or multiple organ failure |
| Zehetner et al. [20] | 34 (100%) | 1–14 | 7 | 0 | 34 (100%) | 8 | 60 | 0 (0%) | 9 (26.47%) | NA | 10 (29.41%) | 0 | 10 (100%) | Wright et al. [24] | 9 (90%) | 6–14 | 0 | 0 | 6 (66.67%) | 1 | 60 | 1 (11.11%) | NA | 5 (50%) | NA | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | Mishin et al. [32] | 12 (100%) | NA | 5 | 0 | 12 (100%) | NA | 30 | 1 (8.33%) | 3 (25%) | NA | NA | 0 | 3 (100%) | Müller et al. [26] | 11 (100%) | 5–24 | 7 | 0 | 11 (100%) | 2 | 42 | 1 (9.09%) | NA | 3 (27.27%) | NA | 0 | 3 (100%) | Escorsell et al. [33] | 12 (92.31%) | 0–12 | 0 | 0 | 11 (91.67%) | 4 | 42 | 6 (50%) | NA | 6 (50%) | NA | 1 (16.67%) | 5 (83.33%) |
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