Research Article

Big End Double-Layer Stents for the Treatment of Gastric Outlet Obstruction Caused by Stomach Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

CharacteristicNo.

Male/female36/37
Average age78.8
Comorbidities19/73
Differentiated degree
 Moderately18
 Poorly55
TNM staging
 III19
 IV54
Chemotherapy5/73
Cup/funnel shape51/22
GOOSS (before stent)

TNM = tumor, node, metastasis; GOOSS = gastric outlet obstruction score system.