Research Article
Comparative Study between Plastic and Metallic Stents for Biliary Decompression in Patients with Distal Biliary Obstruction
Table 1
Demographic findings of the patients and the etiological cause of MDBO.
| | Demographic findings | G1 (SPS) | G2 (MPS) | G3 (SEMS) | Total | |
| | Number of patients | 17 | 6 | 35 | 58 | — | | Mean age | 59.35 (15.51) | 67.3 (4.59) | 67.04 (10.28) | | 0.23 | | Gender (M/F) | 8/9 | 2/4 | 10/15 | | 0.99 | | Type of obstruction | — | — | — | — | — | | Pancreatic cancer | 11 | 4 | 29 | 44 | 0.52 | | Neuroendocrine tumor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.46 | | Papillary carcinoma | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.99 | | Metastasis | — | — | — | — | — | | Colon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.46 | | Lung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.99 | | Kidney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.99 | | Rhabdomyosarcoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 | | Ovary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 |
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