Table 3.
Demographic and clinical data of the patient population
| Total | Ultraflex | Choostent | P-value | |
| Patients | 65 | 33 | 32 | - |
| Male/female | 43/22 | 23/10 | 20/12 | 0.5 |
| Mean age (range) | 67.5 (34-86) | 66.8 (34-83) | 68.3 (42-86) | 0.6 |
| Grade of dysphagia (mean ± SD) | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.3 | 3.5 ± 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0.8 |
| Extrinsic compression | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Anastomotic fistula | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Anastomotic stricture | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Anastomotic recurrence | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Post-radiotherapy stricture | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Site of lesion | ||||
| Cervical | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Upper thoracic | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Middle thoracic | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 |
| Lower thoracic | 32 | 14 | 18 | 0.4 |
| Tumor stage (n = 51) | ||||
| III | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0.6 |
| IVA | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0.7 |
| IVB | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0.5 |