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 3

Comparison of SEMS insertion between left- and right-sided colonic obstruction.

	Left-sided	Right-sided	value
Technical result	91.6% (11/12)	100% (9/9)	0.42
Clinical result	100% (11/11)	100% (9/9)	n.s.
Complication rate	8.4% (1/12)	0% (0/9)	0.42
Manipulation time (min)	37.3	40.8	0.7
Time to oral intake (days)	3.1	3.0	0.64
Time to surgery (days)	27.9	18.8	0.27

SEMS: self-expanding metallic stent.