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Table 2 Details of patients with threaded PS placement

From: Threaded biliary inside stents are a safe and effective therapeutic option in cases of malignant hilar obstruction

 

Primary lesion

Performance status

Stage

Bismuth classification

Initial stent

Multiple stent

EST*

Chemotherapy

Patency period

Outcome

1

Bile duct

2

IV

IV

N

N

Y

No

350

Death

2

Bile duct

2

IV

IV

N

Y

Y

No

300

Death

3

Gall bladder

0

IV

I

N

N

N

GEM

270

Obstruction

4

Bile duct

0

IV

IV

N

Y

Y

GEM

72

Obstruction

5

Bile duct

1

IV

IV

N

N

Y

No

108

Death

6

Pancreas

1

IV

I

Y

N

N

GEM

56

Obstruction

7

Gall bladder

3

IV

II

Y

N

N

No

6

Obstruction by Coagulation

8

Gall bladder

1

IV

III

N

N

N

S-1

127

Obstruction

9

Bile duct

2

III

III

Y

N

N

GEM

41

Death

10

Pancreas

2

IV

I

Y

N

N

No

32

Death

11

Gall bladder

1

IV

IV

N

N

N

No

80

Obstruction

12

Pancreas

2

III

I

Y

N

N

No

290

Alive

  1. EST, endoscopic sphincterotomy; GEM, gemcitabine.
  2. * These cases have already received endoscopic sphincterotomy in the earlier stent placement of MS or PS before threaded PS insertion.