One-step palliative treatment method for obstructive jaundice caused by unresectable malignancies by percutaneous transhepatic insertion of an expandable metallic stent

Table 1 Outcome after insertion EMS      

Patient No.	Age	Sex	Disease	Procedure time (min)	No.of EMS	Days2	Outcome
1	90	F	Bile duct ca.	32	21	3	death after 8 mo
2	72	F	Bile duct ca.	35	21	2	death after 5 mo
3	87	F	Bile duct ca.	20	2	3	death after 7 mo
4	72	M	Gastric ca.	31	2	2	death after 5 mo
5	67	M	Recurrence of gastric ca.	16	1	2	death after 4 mo
6	66	F	Recurrence of gastric ca.	15	1	2	death after 12 mo
7	90	F	Recurrence of gastric ca.	21	2	3	death after 10 mo
8	72	M	GB ca.	42	2	2	death after 3 mo
9	84	F	Recurrence of GB ca.	20	1	3	death after 17 mo
10	65	F	Recurrence of GB ca.	28	1	2	death after 11 mo
11	82	M	Pancreas ca.	20	1	2	death after 8 mo
12	76	M	Pancreas ca.	18	1	2	death after 5 mo
13	72	M	Pancreas ca.	22	1	2	death after 6 mo
14	84	F	Pancreas ca.	22	2	2	death after 6 mo
Mean	77.1			24.4	1.5	2.3	7.8

EMS:expandable metallic setent ca:carcinoma. GB:gall bladder. 1: Dilation catheter was used before insertion of EMS. 2: Postprocedure d of catheter removed.