Research Article
Comparison of Efficacy of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement in the Unresectable Esophageal Cancer Patients
Table 8
Stent-related fatal cases.
| Age (years) | Gender | Location | T4 | Reason for insertion | Type of SEMS | Pretreatment | Periods to complication | Complications | Periods from insertion to death (days) |
| 85 | Male | Mt, Lt | None | Stenosis | Z | None | During insertion | Perforation | 2 | 49 | Female | Mt | None | Stenosis | Z | CRT (40 Gy) | 8 hours | Respiratory failure | 6 | 68 | Male | Lt, Ae | None | Stenosis | UF | CT | 1 day | Aspiration pneumonia | 22 | 81 | Male | Ce | Trachea | Stenosis | UF | CRT (65 Gy), GT | 3 days | Airway narrowing | 25 | 61 | Male | Ut, Mt | Trachea | Fistula | UF | None | 15 days | Airway narrowing | 22 |
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Ce: cervical esophagus; Ut: upper thoracic esophagus; Mt: middle thoracic esophagus; Lt: lower thoracic esophagus; Ae: abdominal esophagus; Z: Cook-Z stent; UF: Ultraflex stent; CRT: chemoradiotherapy; CT: chemotherapy; GT: genetherapy.
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