Background
Materials and methods
Patients
Stenting procedure
Follow up
Statistical analysis
Results
Patient characteristics
Characteristics | Median (IQR) or No. (%) |
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Patients, No. | 28 |
Age, years | 59 (51–64.5) |
Male gender | 22 (78.6%) |
Duration of symptom, Months | 1.0 (0.4–4.8) |
Interval between surgery and symptom, Months | 1.5 (0.5–13.8) |
Duration of stenting procedure, Minutes | 31.5 (19.5–44.3) |
Previous disease | |
Esophageal cancer | 22 (78.6%) |
Lung cancer | 4 (14.3%) |
Tuberculosis/pulmonitis | 2 (7.1%) |
Indications for stent placement | |
Airway stenosis | 5 (17.9%) |
Thoracogastric airway fistula | 20 (71.4%) |
Bronchopleural fistula | 3 (10.7%) |
Location of fistula/stenosis | |
Right bronchus | 22 (78.6%) |
Right middle lobe bronchus | 6 (21.4%) |
Stenting procedure
Complications
N (%) | Days after stenting | |
---|---|---|
Clinic efficacy | ||
Cure or improved | 8 (28.6%) | 31.8 (25.6, 34.4) |
Death | 18 (64.3%) | 9 (3.9, 53.4) |
Loss of follow | 2 (7.1%) | – |
Complications | ||
Stent restenosis | 4 (14.3%) | 65 (43.5, 186.3) |
Bronchus obstruction | 1 (3.6%) | 0 |
Stent migration | 3 (10.7%) | 0 (0,11) |
Retention of sputum | 6 (21.4%) | 1.5 (5.3, 169.3) |