Comparison of Efficacy of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement in the Unresectable Esophageal Cancer Patients

Table 6

Relationships of complications and lesion location ( times, number (%)).

	Ce, Ut	Mt	Lt, Ae
Chest pain^※	4 (33.3)	16 (32.0)	8 (27.6)
Nausea^※	0	2 (4.0)	0
Hiccup^※	2 (16.7)	0	0
Gastroesophageal reflux^※	1 (8.3)	4 (8.0)	5 (17.2)
Recurrent dysphagia^※	0	4 (8.0)	1 (3.4)
Stent migration^※	0	0	1 (3.4)
Hemorrhage^※	0	1 (2.0)	0
Perforation^※	0	1 (2.0)	1 (3.4)
Airway narrowing^※	1 (16.7)	1 (2.0)	0
Aspiration pneumonia^※	0	0	1 (3.4)
Respiratory failure^※	0	2 (4.0)	0
None	6 (50.0)	27 (54.0)	14 (48.3)

Ce: cervical esophagus; Ut: upper thoracic esophagus; Mt: middle thoracic esophagus; Lt: lower thoracic esophagus; Ae: abdominal esophagus. ^※There is some overlap.