Research Article
Self-Expanding Metallic Stent Fracture in the Treatment of Malignant Biliary Obstruction
Table 1
The most common short- and long-term complications of SEMS deployment in the 156 patients.
| | Type of complications | Patients |
| Short-term complications | Cholangitis | 33 (21.2%) | Asymptomatic amylase increase | 21 (13.5%) | Biliary bleeding | 8 (5.1%) | Long-term complications | Ingrowth | 86 (55.1%) | Overgrowth | 43 (27.6%) | Stent fractures | 6 (3.8%) |
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