The Effectiveness of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Insertion in Treating Right-Sided Colonic Obstruction: A Comparison between SEMS and Decompression Tube Placement and an Investigation of the Safety and Difficulties of SEMS Insertion in Right Colons

Table 2

Comparison of the clinical success rate between SEMS and decompression tube placement.

	Clinical success	Clinical failure	Success rate
Right-sided
Decompression; tube	5	4	55.6%
SEMS	9	0	100%
Left-sided
Decompression; tube	5	2	71.4%
SEMS	11	0	100%

SEMS: self-expanding metallic stent.