Research Article

Risk Factors for Migration, Fracture, and Dislocation of Pancreatic Stents

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of the stent placement.


Approach from the main papilla274 (71%)
Stent placement duration of >3 month 363 (94%)
Number of patients with ≤4 stent placements 258 (66.8%)
Stent shape
 Straight-type stent312 (80.8%)
 S-shaped stent64 (19.2%)
Stent diameter
 Thin stent (5, 7 Fr)266 (68.9%)
 Thick stent (8.5, 10 Fr)120 (31.1%)
Stent length
 Short stent (≤7 cm)266 (69.0%)
 Long stent (≥8 cm)120 (31.0%)