Prognostic Risk Factors for Patients Receiving Airway Stent Placement

• Published in: Zhongguo fei ai za zhi Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 460 - 465
• Main Authors: Niu, Yuequn, Huang, Sha, An, Zhou, Tang, Jie, Lv, Wang, Hu, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China Chinese Anti-Cancer Association Chinese Antituberculosis Association 01-06-2020; Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association
• Subjects: Airway management; airway stent; Bronchoscopy; charlson comorbidity index; Comorbidity; Esophageal cancer; Female; Humans; Lung cancer; Male; Medical prognosis; Middle Aged; procedure duration; Prognosis; Respiratory System - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Stents; Thoracic surgery; China; Airway stent; Prognosis; Procedure duration; Charlson comorbidity index
• ISSN: 1009-3419; 1999-6187
• DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2020.104.04

Airway stents are used to treat central airway stenosis or tracheal fistula caused by a variety of malignant and benign tracheal diseases as well as iatrogenic procedures. Airway stent placement has a satisfying effect in instantly relieving of symptoms, but the long-term survival of patients still depends on the individualized treatment of the primary diseases. Therefore, exploring the prognostic risk factors of patients who received airway stent placement can be beneficial to the optimization of the placement procedure and also the improvement of individualized clinical management of patients.
Data of a total of 66 patients who underwent airway stent placement at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University from January 2014 to June 2017 were retrospectively collected. Prognostic effects of the clinical characteristics as age, gender, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and procedure duration were analyzed.
Age and gender had no significant effect on the outcomes of the patients, while higher CCI (P=0.