Comparison of Efficacy of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement in the Unresectable Esophageal Cancer Patients

Table 7

Relationships of complications and types of SEMS ( times, number (%)).

	Z	UF	NS	NSu
Chest pain^※	6 (35.3)	20 (37.7)	2 (11.1)	0
Nausea^※	0	2 (3.8)	0	0
Hiccup^※	0	2 (3.8)	0	0
Gastroesophageal reflux^※	2 (11.8)	8 (15.1)	0	0
Recurrent dysphagia^※	0	4 (7.5)	1 (5.6)	0
Stent migration^※	1 (5.9)	0	0	0
Hemorrhaging^※	0	1 (1.9)	0	0
Perforation^※	1 (5.9)	0	1 (5.6)	0
Airway narrowing^※	0	3 (5.7)	0	0
Aspiration pneumonia^※	0	1 (1.9)	0	0
Respiratory failure^※	2 (11.8)	0	0	0
None	7 (41.2)	23 (43.4)	14 (77.8)	3 (100)

Z: Cook-Z stent; UF: Ultraflex stent; NS: Niti-S stent; NSu: Niti-S ultrathin stent. ^※There is some overlap.