Outcomes of iodine-125 seed strips combined with double self-expandable metallic stent for Bismuth type III and IV malignant biliary obstruction

Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics

Patients	Gender	Age	Primary disease	Bismuth typing	Biopsy	SEMS parameters (mm)	SEMS implantation methods	Number of iodine-125 seeds	Technical success	Clinical success
Case 1	F	63	HC	III	No	8 × 60/8 × 40	Tandem	20	Yes	Yes
Case 2	F	66	HC	IV	No	8 × 60/8 × 60	Type T	11 + 13	Yes	Yes
Case 3	M	81	HC	III	No	8 × 60/8 × 40	Type T	12 + 12	Yes	Yes
Case 4	M	67	HC	IV	No	10 × 40/8 × 60	Tandem	16	Yes	Yes
Case 5	F	75	HC	III	No	8 × 60/8 × 60	Type X	15 + 15	Yes	Yes
Case 6	M	64	HC	IV + distal	Heterotypic cells	8 × 60/8 × 40	Tandem	22	Yes	Yes
Case 7	F	80	HC	III	No	8 × 40/8 × 40	Type Y	12 + 12	Yes	Yes
Case 8	F	86	HC	IV	No	7 × 60/6 × 40	Type Y	12 + 12	Yes	Yes
Case 9	F	90	HC	IV	No	8 × 80/6 × 40	Type Y	18 + 8	Yes	Yes
Case 10	F	76	HC	III	Adenocarcinoma	8 × 60/8 × 60	Type Y	14 + 14	Yes	Yes
Case 11	M	75	Cardiac cancer, lymph node metastasis	IV	No	8 × 80/8 × 60	Tandem	24	Yes	Yes
Case 12	F	82	HC	IV	Adenocarcinoma	8 × 40/8 × 60	Tandem	16	Yes	Yes
Case 13	F	54	HC	IV	Adenocarcinoma	8 × 60/8 × 60/8 × 40	Type Y	18 + 18	Yes	Yes
Case 14	M	56	Gallbladder cancer, liver metastasis	IV	Negative	8 × 80/8 × 80	Type Y	20 + 20	Yes	Yes
Case 15	F	49	HC	IV	Adenocarcinoma	8 × 80/8 × 80	Type Y	20 + 20	Yes	Yes
Case 16	M	61	Gastric cancer, liver metastasis	IV	Adenocarcinoma	8 × 80/8 × 60	Type T	16 + 14	Yes	Yes
Case 17	F	60	Gallbladder cancer, liver metastasis	IV	Adenocarcinoma	8 × 80/8 × 60	Type X	16	No	Yes

F: Female; HC: Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; M: Male; SEMS: Self-expandable metallic stent.