Self-Expanding Metal Stent (SEMS) Placement to Treat Bleeding from Late Radiation Esophagitis

Table 1

Methodological appraisal of the reported case using the Murad tool [18] for risk of bias assessment of case reports and case series.

	Q1^i	Q2^ii	Q3^iii	Q4^iv	Q5^v	Q6^vi
Gill et al.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

i, does the patient represent the whole experience of the investigator? ii, was the diagnosis adequately ascertained? iii, was the outcome adequately ascertained? iv, were other alternative causes that may explain the observation ruled out? v, was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur? vi, is the case(s) described with sufficient details to allow other investigators to replicate the research or to allow practitioners maker inferences related to their own practice?