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Table 3 Relationship between stent type and definitive outcomes in all patients (n)

From: Long-term follow-up of self-expandable metallic stents in benign tracheobronchial stenosis: a retrospective study

 

Total

Covered stent

Uncovered stent

n

%

n

%

n

%

Resolution

68

66.67% (57.52–75.82%)

24

53.34% (38.76–67.92%)

44

77.19% (66.3–88.08%)

Still under treatment

15

14.71% (7.84–21.58%)

6

13.33% (3.4–23.26%)

9

15.79% (6.32–25.26%)

Bronchial occlusion

8

7.84% (2.62–13.06%)

6

13.33% (3.4–23.26%)

2

3.51% (−1.27–8.29%)

Surgerya

7

6.86% (1.95–11.77%)

7

15.56% (4.97–26.15%)

0

0%

Deathb

4

3.92% (0.15–7.69%)

2

4.44% (− 1.58–10.46%)

2

3.51% (−1.27–8.29%)

Total

102

100%

45

100%

57

100%

Lost to follow-up

14

5

9

Total

116

50

66

  1. The values are expressed as percentage (CI)
  2. aTracheoplasty 1, Lobectomy 3, Resection and anastomosis 3
  3. bAll cases death was not associated to airway stenting but to the primary disease: respiratory cycle failure secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2), lymphoma (1), myasthenia gravis (1)