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Table 1 Case characteristics

From: Clinical evaluation the success rate and complications of fluoroscopically guided removal of tracheal tube metallic stents

Disease

Covered group (n = 36)

Uncovered group

(n = 9)

Cicatricial tracheal stenosis after tracheotomy

12

3

Granulation tissue hyperplasia after tracheotomy

3

1

Cicatricial stenosis of the trachea after tracheal intubation

9

2

Granulation tissue hyperplasia after tracheal intubation

1

0

Tracheobronchial tuberculosis

4

2

Traumatic injuries

1

0

Polychondritis

1

0

Tracheal invasion by esophageal carcinoma

2

1

Esophageal stent oppression

1

0

Lung cancer

1

0

Neoplasm metastasis or lymphadenectasis

1

0