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. 2016 Nov 21;22(43):9554–9561. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i43.9554

Table 3.

Outcome of self-expanding metal stents placement according to the presence of carcinomatosis

Total
Without PC
With PC
P value
n % n % n %
No. of patients 62 35 27
Technical success 60/62 96.8% 35/35 100.0% 25/27 92.6% 0.186
Clinical success 49/62 79.0% 31/35 88.6% 18/27 66.7% 0.03612
Reinterventions (RI) 15/62 24.2% 11/35 31.4% 4/27 14.8% 0.1302
Early RI (≤ 30 d) 7/62 11.3% 3/35 8.6% 4/27 14.8% 0.689
Late RI (> 30 d) 8/62 12.9% 8/35 22.9% 0/27 0.0% 0.0081
Median time to early RI (d) 6 (3.5-12.5) 11 (8.5-15.5) 3.5 (3.0-6.5)
Median time to late RI (d) 130.5 (90.75-220) 130.5 (90.75-220) Ø
RI after clinical success 10/49 20.4% 9/31 29.0% 1/18 5.6% 0.070
Early RI (≤ 30 d) 2/49 4.1% 1/31 3.2% 1/18 5.6% 1.000
Late RI (> 30 d) 8/49 16.3% 8/31 25.8% 0/18 0.0% 0.0201
RI after clinical failure 5/13 38.5% 2/4 50.0% 3/9 33.3% 1.000
Early RI (≤ 30 d) 0/13 38.5% 2/4 50.0% 3/9 33.3% 1.000
Late RI (> 30 d) 0/13 0.0% 0/4 0.0% 0/9 0.0%
Complications
Major 3/62 4.8% 2/35 5.7% 1/27 3.7% 1.000
Minor 4/62 6.5% 1/35 2.9% 3/27 11.1% 0.309
Median survival (d) 57 (19.75-145.25) 70 (19.5-213.5) 48 (26-79)
1

Statistically significant; P-values: Fisher's exact test or

2

χ2 test; Displayed are percentages and numbers or median and quartiles.