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Table 2 Outcomes

From: Fishing line assisted endoscopic placement of multiple plastic biliary stents for unresectable malignant hilar biliary obstruction: a retrospective study

 

FLA group (N = 19)

Conventional group

(N = 22)

P value

The stent migration rate, n (%)

0 (0)

3 (13.6)

0.10

Technical success rates, n (%)

19 (100)

21 (95.5)

0.35

Procedures time, (median, min) (range)

15.6 (12.6–23.3)

33.9 (21.8–38.7)

0.00

Adverse events, n (%)

 ERCP-related

1 (5.3)

1 (4.5)

0.92

  Pancreatitis

1 (5.3)

1 (4.5)

0.92

  Others

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Stent-related

0 (0)

1 (4.5)

0.35

  Biliary perforation

0 (0)

0 (0)

  Biliary bleeding

0 (0)

1 (4.5)

0.35

Times of stent migration,(median, times) (range)

0 (0-2)

3 (1-5)

0.00