Table 4.
Complications after stent placement.
| Complications | CBMS group (n = 33) |
RBMS group (n = 33) |
P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All events | CTCAE Grade |
All events | CTCAE Grade |
||||||
| 1 | 2 | ≥3 | 1 | 2 | ≥3 | ||||
| Chest pain | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0·999 |
| Fistula formation | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0·999 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0·999 |
| Stent migration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.d. |
| Hemoptysis | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0·775 |
| Total | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0·999 |
Abbreviation: CBMS = Conventional Bare Metal Stent; RBMS = Radioactive Bare Metal Stent; CTCAE = Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
Note: Data are number.
Fisher exact test was used to compare all events between two groups.
n.d, Not done.