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Table 2 Details of excluded studies

From: Comparison of fully-covered vs partially covered self-expanding metallic stents for palliative treatment of inoperable esophageal malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Reason for exclusion

Uesato et al. [16]

Less than five patients in FCSEMS group

Battersby et al. [17]

Separate data not available for different stents used

Eickhoff et al. [18]

German language article

Gangloff et al. [19]

Used stents for benign growths

Sabharwal et al. [20]

Used stent with anti-reflux mechanism

Seven et al. [21]

Used stents for benign growths

Siersema et al. [22]

Overlapping data with Homs et al. [26]

Van Heel et al. [23]

Compared two PCSEMS

Wang et al. [24]

Compared uncovered vs covered stents

Wang et al. [27]

Compared irradiated stents

  1. FCSEMS Fully-Covered Self Expanding Metal Stents, PCSEMS Partially-Covered Self Expanding Metal Stents