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Table 2 The clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Modified blade: an interventional option in rigid bronchoscopy for non-resectable benign tracheal stenosis

Variables

All patients (n = 113)

PITS (n = 68)

PTTS (n = 45)

P value

Age, years (median)

65 ± 5.83

65.5 ± 5.33

65 ± 5.13

0.66

Sex (male), n (%)

65 (55)

37 (54)

28 (62)

0.46

Myocardial infarction, n (%)

45 (38)

26 (38)

19 (42)

0.67

Respiratory failure

38 (32)

23 (34)

15 (33)

0.91

Covid pneumonia

11 (9)

7 (10)

4 (9)

0.86

Colon resection

2 (2)

2 (3)

0 (0)

0.24

Stroke

9 (8)

5 (7)

4 (9)

0.84

Trauma

8 (7)

3 (4)

5 (11)

0.15

Dyspnea

113

68

45

1

Tirage

25 (21)

15 (22)

10 (22)

1

Exertional dyspnea

7 (6)

4 (6)

3 (7)

0.83

Cornage

18 (15)

11 (16)

7 (16)

1

Complex stenosis

29 (24)

17 (25)

12 (27)

0.81

Simple stenosis

76 (64)

47 (69)

29 (64)

0.58

Mixed stenosis

5 (4)

2 (3)

3 (7)

0.32