Predictors for failure of stent treatment for benign esophageal perforations - a single center 10-year experience

• DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i30.10613
• Publication Date: 2014-08-18T01:46:20Z
• Authors: Saga Persson
• Keywords: Interquartile range; Perforation; Mediastinitis; Single Center; Esophagectomy

AIM:To investigate possible predictors for failed selfexpandable metallic stent (SEMS) therapy in consecutive patients with benign esophageal perforationrupture (EPR).