Self-expandable metal stents for achalasia: Thinking out of the box!

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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jan 16, 2015; 7(1): 45-52
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Table 2 Published comparison studies

Ref.	Li et al^[47](2010)	Li et al^[46](2010)	Zhu et al^[45](2010)	Cheng et al^[44](2003)	Cai et al^[48](2013)
Compared methods	PD vs SEMS (20, 25, 30 mm)	PD vs SEMS (30 mm)	PD vs SEMS (30 mm)	PD vs SEMS (permanent, temporary)	BTI vs SEMS (25 mm)
Patients, n	30/30/30/30	80/75	38/63	60/8/65	51/59
Technical success, %	100/100/100/100	100/100	100	100/100/100	100/100
Initial remission, %	100/100/100/100	100/100	100	100/100/100	94.1/100
Remission at maximum follow-up, %	0/0/28.6/83.3	0/83.3	42.1/88.9	10/33.3/85.5	4.17/49.1
Major complications
Migration, n	NA/8/4/2	NA/4	NA/2	NA/0/0	NA/4
Perforation, n	0/0/0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0/0	0/0
Bleeding, n	2/3/5/6	4/9	3/10	6/3/8	0/0
30-d mortality, n	0/0/0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0/0	0/0

PD: Pneumatic dilation; SEMS: Self-expandable metallic stent; NA: Not applicable.

Citation: Sioulas AD, Malli C, Dimitriadis GD, Triantafyllou K. Self-expandable metal stents for achalasia: Thinking out of the box! World J Gastrointest Endosc 2015; 7(1): 45-52
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