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Table 2 Stent insertion outcome

From: Endoscopic stenting for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: efficacy of unilateral and bilateral placement of plastic and metal stents in a retrospective review of 480 patients

   

Plastic

  

Metal

  

P

  

n

TS

FS

n

TS

FS

TS

FS

 

n

115

110

110

99

99

99

  

Group 1

ITT (%)

 

(95.7)

(95.7)

 

(100)

(100)

0.036

0.036

 

PP (%)

  

(100)

  

(100)

 

-

 

n

67

59

59

78

77

77

  

Group 2

ITT (%)

 

(88.1)

(88.1)

 

(98.7)

(98.7)

0.008

0.008

 

PP (%)

  

(100)

  

(100)

 

-

 

n

49

35

27

72

70

68

  

Group 3

ITT (%)

 

(71.4)

(55.1)

 

(97.2)

(94.4)

<0.001

<0.001

 

PP (%)

  

(77.1)

  

(97.1)

 

0.001

 

n

231

204

196

249

246

244

  

Total

ITT (%)

 

(88.3)

(84.8)

 

(98.8)

(97.9)

<0.001

<0.001

 

PP (%)

  

(96.1)

  

(99.2)

 

0.026

  1. ITT, intention-to-treat; PP, per protocol; TS, technical success; FS, functional success; Group 1, patients with Bismuth type I malignant strictures; Group 2, patients with Bismuth type II malignant strictures; Group 3, patients with Bismuth type III and IV malignant strictures.
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