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Table 1 Stenting in diverticular disease

Ref.	Number of patients	Type of study	Single vs multicenter	Mean age (range)	Site of obstruction	Stent type	Early adverse events	Duration of stenting	Outcome
Baron et al[28], 1998	3	Prospective	Single center	63 yr (19-89)	Sigmoid colon	Wallstent1	2 migration	Not stated	3 BTS
Tamim et al[63], 2000	3	Prospective	Single center	Not stated	Sigmoid colon	Wallstent1	None	Not stated	2 BTS, 1 declined surgery
Meisner et al[64], 2004	5	Retrospective	Single center	Not stated	Sigmoid colon	Wallstent, Ultraflex1, Memotherm2	1 migration, 1 fistula	Not stated	1 Hartman after migration, 2 BTS, 1 early removal, 1 death
Suzuki et al[47], 2004	6	Retrospective	Single center	67 yr (43-91)	Sigmoid colon	Ultraflex, Wallstent1 Memotherm2	2 migration, 1 reobstruction	7.5 mo	6
Syn et al[65], 2004	3	Prospective	Single center	75.2 yr (42-92)	Sigmoid colon/ Rectum	Uncovered; Ultraflex, Wallstent1	None	3-24 d	1 unable to pass wire: Colostomy, 2 BTS
Stefanidis et al[66], 2005	1	Retrospective, case report	Single center	63	Sigmoid colon	Wallstent1	1 reobstruction	139 d	BTS but stoma
Athreya et al[67], 2006	3	Retrospective	Single center	75 yr (46-102)	Sigmoid colon	Ultraflex, Wallstent1 Memotherm2	None	Not stated	3 palliation
Jost et al[68], 2007	7	Prospective	Single center	67.3 yr (25-93)	Sigmoid colon/ Descending/Rectum	Wallstent1	1 migration, 1 reobstruction, 2 perforation	Not stated	7 BTS
Small et al[10], 2008	16	Retrospective	Single center	66 yr (41-97)	Sigmoid colon/ Descending/Rectum	Ultraflex, Wallstent1	2 perforation, 4 reobstruction	30 d	14 BTS, 2 declined surgery
Pommergaard et al[69], 2009	7	Retrospective	Single center	76.6 yr (46-97)	Sigmoid colon/left flexure	Ultraflex, Wallstent1	1 migration, 1 reobstruction, 3 perforation, 2 mortality	8 d (BTS) 91 d (palliation)	5 BTS, 2 palliation
Forshaw et al[7], 2010	3	Retrospective	Single center	67 yr (47-89)	Sigmoid colon	Wallstent1	1 migration, 1 failure to decompress	17 d (range 5-30)	2 BTS, 1 failure of stent placement
Keränen et al[9], 2010	10	Retrospective	Single center	72 yr (58-89)	Not indicated	Uncovered and covered. Ultraflex, Wallstent1	3 perforation, 1 colorectal fistula, 1 abscess	21 d	2 BTS, 5 palliation 3 emergent surgery for perforation
Arya et al[70], 2011	2	Retrospective	Single center	69.4 yr (46-85)	Sigmoid colon	Wallstent1	None	Not stated	2 BTS

¹Wallstent, Wallflex, Ultraflex, Boston Scientific;

²Memotherm, Bard, Angiomed, Karlsruhe, Germany. BTS: Bridge to surgery.