Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2012; 18(37): 5295-5299
Published online Oct 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i37.5295
Table 1 Patient characteristics
Patient characteristicsFluoroscopic placementEndoscopic placementGuide wire placement
Age (yr), mean ± SD54.4 ± 9.955.8 ± 9.756.2 ± 9.5
Gender
Men151416
Women101313
Primary diagnoses
Pancreatitis25148
Postoperative gastric cancer0610
Postoperative esophageal cancer046
Abdominal injury012
Pancreatic cancer after Whipple surgery011
Thoracic esophageal fistula011
Gastric perforation001
Table 2 Outcome data of the patients
VariablesFluoroscopic placementEndoscopic placementGuide wire placement
TransnasalTransoral
Time to complete procedure (min)14.9 ± 5.814.8 ± 4.911.1 ± 2.2a14.7 ± 1.2
Successful placement23/25 (92)26/27 (96.3)23/23 (100)6/6 (100)
Complications0/25 (0)4/27 (14.8)0/23 (0)0/6 (0)