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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Long-term outcomes of tracheal stents removal under fluoroscopy guidance: comparison of tracheal fistulas and tracheal stenosis

Characteristics TF group TS group p
Patients, N 85 67  
Mean age (range), years. 54.9 ± 1.3 (15–81) 51.1 ± 2.2 (12–85) 0.1306
Male/female gender, N 72/13 39/28 0.0004
Malignancy/benign primary disease, N 69/16 12/55 < 0.0001
Procedure time of implantation 29.1 ± 1.6 (10–53) 26.8 ± 1.9 (9–60) 0.3598
Procedure time of stent removal 19.0 ± 1.3 23.3 ± 2.0 0.0715
Causes of disease, N (%)
 Tracheotomy/Trachea cannula 0 (0%) 32 (47.8%) < 0.0001
 Tumor invasion/Tumor operation 69 (81.2%) 12 (17.9%) < 0.0001
 External pressure 0 (0%) 7 (10.4%) 0.0027
 Surgery for inflammatory disease 9 (10.6%) 6 (9.0%) 0.7908
 Tracheal stent implantation 0 (0%) 5 (7.5%) 0.0153
 Tracheal mechanical injury or trauma 3 (3.5%) 3 (4.5%) 1.0000
 Others 4 (4.7%) 2 (3.0%) 0.6947
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