Clinical Outcomes of Colonic Stent in a Tertiary Care Center

Table 3

Procedure outcomes.

Outcomes	𝑛 (percentage)
Technical success	16/16 (100%)
Clinical Success
At 24 hours	15/16 (93.75%)
At 1 week	12/14 (85.7%)
At 1 month	12/14 (85.7%)
At 6 months	8/10 (80%)
till surgery/death	14/16 (87.5%)
Timing of complication
Immediate	0
Early (<7 days)	2
Late (>7 days)	2
Type of complication
Stent migration	2 (34 days, 91 days)
Stent stenosis	3 (1 day, 4 days)
Perforation	None
Excess bleeding	None
Use of balloon	2/16 (12.5%)
Length of stay in hospital after procedure; (±SD)	3.8 days (±3.4)
Bridge-to-surgery intent outcomes; (𝑛=4)
Successful bridge to elective surgery	3
Need for emergency diverting surgery	1
Expiration prior to planned surgery	0
Subsequent interventions in palliative group; (𝑛=12)
No surgery	9
Emergent diverting surgery	2
Elective diverting surgery	1
Diverting surgery with stoma in poststent period	6 (37.5%)