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

Table 8

Stent-related fatal cases.

Age (years)	Gender	Location	T4	Reason for insertion	Type of SEMS	Pretreatment	Periods to complication	Complications	Periods from insertion to death (days)
85	Male	Mt, Lt	None	Stenosis	Z	None	During insertion	Perforation	2
49	Female	Mt	None	Stenosis	Z	CRT (40 Gy)	8 hours	Respiratory failure	6
68	Male	Lt, Ae	None	Stenosis	UF	CT	1 day	Aspiration pneumonia	22
81	Male	Ce	Trachea	Stenosis	UF	CRT (65 Gy), GT	3 days	Airway narrowing	25
61	Male	Ut, Mt	Trachea	Fistula	UF	None	15 days	Airway narrowing	22

Ce: cervical esophagus; Ut: upper thoracic esophagus; Mt: middle thoracic esophagus; Lt: lower thoracic esophagus; Ae: abdominal esophagus; Z: Cook-Z stent; UF: Ultraflex stent; CRT: chemoradiotherapy; CT: chemotherapy; GT: genetherapy.