Table 2.

Complications related to silicone intubation

Study	Complications related to silicone stent insertion
Harugop et al. [26]	Discomfort from stent 12/50 (24.0%), stent extrusion 2/50 (4.0%), open knot 2/50 (4.0%)
Kakkar et al. [28]	Difficulty in stent removal 1/20 (5.0%), stent extrusion 1/20 (5.0%)
Unlu et al. [19]	Discomfort from stent 4/19 (21.1%), stent prolapse 1/19 (5.3%)
Chong et al. [29]	Stent prolapse 4/65 (6.2%), stent extrusion 1/65 (1.5%)
Shashidhar et al. [30]	Punctal laceration 3/32 (9.4%)
Fayers et al. [32]	Punctal laceration 7/152 (4.6%), stent prolapse 6/152 (3.9%), incarcerated stent 3/152 (2.0%)
Rao et al. [33]	Difficulty in stent removal 1/25 (4.0%)
Smitha et al. [35]	Difficulty in stent removal 5/30 (16.7%), stent extrusion 5/30 (16.7%)