Research Article
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
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| 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) |
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Z: Cook-Z stent; UF: Ultraflex stent; NS: Niti-S stent; NSu: Niti-S ultrathin stent. ※There is some overlap.
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