Review Article
Esophageal Stent for Refractory Variceal Bleeding: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Study characteristics.
| | Author | Country | Publication year | Publication type | Study design | Number of cases | Gender (M/F) | Age (years) | Child class A (%) | Child classes B + C (%) | HCC (%) | Previous bleeding episode (%) | Previous BT (%) |
| | Zehetner et al. [20] | Austria | 2008 | Full text | Retrospective | 34 | 33/1 | Mean: 56 (32–91) | 0 (0%) | 34 (100%) | NA | 24 (70.59%) | 6 | | Wright et al. [24] | UK | 2010 | Full text | Retrospective | 10 | 9/1 | Mean: 49 (18–70) | NA | NA | 2 (20%) | NA | 5 | | Mishin et al. [32] | Moldova | 2013 | Abstract | Retrospective | 12 | 8/4 | Mean: 46.92 (24–62) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Müller et al. [26] | Germany | 2015 | Full text | Retrospective | 11 | 8/3 | Mean: 64 (43–72) | 1 (9.09%) | 10 (90.91%) | 3 (27.27%) | 5 (45.45%) | NA | | Escorsell et al. [33] | Spain | 2016 | Full text | RCT | 13 | 13/0 | Median: 69 (40–81) | 3 (23.08%) | 10 (76.92%) | 2 (15.38%) | 6 (46.15%) | 0 |
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