Research Article
Comparative Study between Plastic and Metallic Stents for Biliary Decompression in Patients with Distal Biliary Obstruction
Table 1
Demographic findings of the patients and the etiological cause of MDBO.
| Demographic findings | G1 (SPS) | G2 (MPS) | G3 (SEMS) | Total | |
| Number of patients | 17 | 6 | 35 | 58 | — | Mean age | 59.35 (15.51) | 67.3 (4.59) | 67.04 (10.28) | | 0.23 | Gender (M/F) | 8/9 | 2/4 | 10/15 | | 0.99 | Type of obstruction | — | — | — | — | — | Pancreatic cancer | 11 | 4 | 29 | 44 | 0.52 | Neuroendocrine tumor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.46 | Papillary carcinoma | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.99 | Metastasis | — | — | — | — | — | Colon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.46 | Lung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.99 | Kidney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.99 | Rhabdomyosarcoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 | Ovary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 |
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