PMID- 27475489 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170918 LR - 20220317 IS - 1097-6779 (Electronic) IS - 0016-5107 (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Feb TI - Predictors of outcomes in patients undergoing covered and uncovered self-expandable metal stent placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a multicenter study. PG - 340-348.e1 LID - S0016-5107(16)30433-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.gie.2016.07.048 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Uncovered self-expandable metal stents (U-SEMSs) and covered self-expandable metal stents (C-SEMSs) are available for palliative therapy for malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). However, clinical differences and indications between the 2 types of SEMSs have not been elucidated. METHODS: We retrospectively compared 126 patients with U-SEMS and 126 patients with C-SEMSs with regard to clinical outcome and factors predictive of clinical improvement after SEMSs placement. RESULTS: No significant difference was observed between the U-SEMS and C-SEMS groups with respect to technical success, clinical success, GOO score, or time to stent dysfunction. Stent migration was significantly more frequent in patients with C-SEMSs (U-SEMSs, .79%; C-SEMSs, 8.73%; P = .005). Karnofsky performance status, chemotherapy, peritoneal dissemination, and stent expansion