TABLE 2.
Treatment results
| B2 | B3 | p‐Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | Success | 92 | 68 | 0.321 |
| Failure | 0 | 1 | ||
| Functional | Success | 77 | 64 | 0.935 |
| Failure | 15 | 5 | ||
| Dilation | None | 7 | 5 | 0.000285 |
| Mechanical | 55 | 29 | ||
| Balloon catheter | 15 | 20 | ||
| Electric catheter | 15 | 15 | ||
| Stent | Plastic | 74 | 40 | 0.0776 |
| SEMS (full covered) | 11 | 14 | ||
| SEMS (partial covered) | 7 | 15 | ||
| Procedure time (min, mean, range) | 35.2 (8–110) | 47.0 (9–187) | 0.00601 | |
| Adverse event | None | 80 | 55 | 0.306 |
| Mediastinal emphysema | 1 | |||
| Sepsis | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ulceration | 1 | |||
| Bleeding | 2 | 2 | ||
| Peritonitis | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bile leakage | 3 | 1 | ||
| Pancreatitis | 1 | |||
| Stent slippage | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stent migration | 1 | |||
| Liver abscess | 2 | |||
Abbreviation: SEMS, self‐expanding metallic stent.