Table 2.

Hospital stay, complications and mortality within 30 days after palliative surgery or endoscopic stenting

Variable		Palliative surgery group(n= 23)	Endoscopic stent group(n= 33)	P-value
Complications	Sepsis	10	7	NS
		43.5%	21.2%
	Bleeding	8	5	NS
		34.9%	15.1%
	Stent blockage	NA	2	NA
			6.1%
30-day mortality		1	6	NS
		4.3%	18.1%

NS, not significant; NA, not applicable