Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: The strategy of removing tracheal stents by using an interventional technique under fluoroscopy
Categories | Number of cases |
|---|---|
Patients, no | 112 |
Sex, Male | 61 (54.5%) |
Mean age, years | 53.3 ± 16.7 |
Disease | |
Airway fistula | 22 (19.6%) |
Airway stenosis | 90(80.4%) |
Type of airway fistula | |
Esophageal airway | 18 (81.8%) |
Thoracogastric airway | 3 (13.6%) |
Tracheo-mediastinal | 1 (4.5%) |
Type of airway stricture | |
Benign | 63(70.0%) |
Malignant | 27(30.0%) |
Type of Benign airway stricture | |
Endotracheal intubation | 20(74.1%) |
Tracheotomy | 4(14.8%) |
Recurrent chondritis | 1(3.7%) |
Bronchial tuberculosis | 2(7.4%) |
Type of tubular stent | |
Covered | 103(69.6%) |
Bare | 45 (30.4%) |