Research Article
The Evaluation of Clinical Status of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography for the Placement of Metal and Plastic Stents in Cholangiocarcinoma Therapy
Table 4
Comparison of stent implantation success rate between the two groups (cases, %).
| Type | The plastic stent group () | The metal stent group () | | | Cases | Success rate | Cases | Success rate |
| Type I | 7 | 6 (85.71) | 5 | 5 (100.00) | 0.197 | 0.657 | Type II | 15 | 10 (66.67) | 9 | 9 (100.00) | 0.683 | 0.408 | Type III | 11 | 6 (54.55) | 8 | 8 (100.00) | 2.289 | 0.130 | Type IV | 10 | 4 (40.00) | 6 | 5 (83.33) | 1.121 | 0.290 | Total success rete | 43 | 26 (60.47) | 28 | 27 (96.43) | 11.589 | <0.001 |
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