Clinical Study

Stent Selection for Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Multicenter Study in China

Table 4

Clinical success and secondary infection in cases using different numbers or diameters of stents.

Clinical success valuesSecondary infection values

Number of stents
 Single stents93.9% (46/49)0.79918.4% (9/49) 0.134
 Multiple stents97.4% (37/38)5.3% (2/38)
Diameter of stents
 ≤8.5 F96.5% (28/29)1.003.4% (1/29)0.138
 ≥10 F94.8% (55/58)17.2% (10/58)