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. 2023 Aug 22;11:goad048. doi: 10.1093/gastro/goad048

Table 8.

Post-operative reintervention rate after stent implantation

Study Reference Type of study USEMS CSEMS P-value
Omata et al. (2004) [8] RCT 72.0% 32.0% <0.05
Seo et al. (2019) [20] RCT 1.9% 3.6% 0.99
Lee et al. (2013) [12] Retrospective study 27.7% 27.5% ns
Yamashita et al. (2022) [18] META 22.3% 19.8% P <0.01, I2=58%

USEMS, uncovered self-expanding metal stent; CSEMS, covered self-expanding metal stent; RCT, randomized–controlled trial; META, meta-analysis; ns, not significant.