Stent
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Diagnosis
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Age (y)
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Sex
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ASA
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Serum bilirubin (μmol/l)
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Follow up and outcome
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CL | Pancreatic cancer | 84 | F | II | 404 | Died of disease at 23 days without exchange |
CL | Pancreatic cancer | 83 | M | II | 350 | Died of disease at nine days without exchange |
CL | Pancreatic cancer | 43 | F | I | 120 | Investigator thought that original stent too long. Replaced with shorter non-study 11.5 Fr at seven days and had surgery |
CL | Cholangiocarcinoma | 86 | F | III | 224 | Died of disease at 50 days in hospice, no exchange |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 48 | M | I | 82 | Palliative choledochoduodenostomy at 14 days. Died 87 days poststent |
TT | Cholangiocarcinoma | 78 | F | III | 122 | At seven days bilirubin 303; exchange. Stent not clogged but tip abutting wall of duct. Successful stent (TT) exchange. Patent for 145 days. Still alive at 607 days |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 70 | M | II | 412 | Tumour involving D2. Died at 26 days before palliative bypass could be performed |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 81 | F | II | 325 | Repeat ERCP at 12 days. Stent was occluded. Replaced non-study stent which worked for 97 days till death of patient |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 78 | M | II | 171 | No improvement. Died at 13 days, without exchange, of anuric renal failure |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 84 | M | II | 620 | Died of disease at 15 days, no exchange. |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 60 | F | II | 260 | Had cholangitis poststenting but this responded to conservative treatment. Bilirubin failed to decrease. Died of disease at 27 days, without exchange |
TT | Cholangiocarcinoma | 75 | F | II | 114 | Had cholangitis poststenting and died of this at nine days, no exchange |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 72 | F | II | 114 | Had perforation at first procedure. Treated conservatively. At 20 days exchanged stent for two non-study stents. Jaundice resolved but patient died nine days later (29 days post first stent) |
TT | Pancreatic cancer | 86 | F | II | 429 | Exchanged at 14 days. Original stent too short. Replaced with longer stent, jaundice resolved, survived 155 days |