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- Title
Stent placement to prevent strictures after esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Authors
Zhang, Bao-zhen; Zhang, Yue; Wang, Yi-dan; Liao, Ye; Zhang, Jing-jing; Wu, Yu-fan; Xiao, Ting-yue; Sun, Si-yu; Guo, Jin-tao
- Abstract
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is an important method for the treatment of early esophageal cancer. However, post-procedure stenosis is one of the most common long-term complications. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate whether stent placement is effective in the stenosis prevention, and which type of stent would be more effective. A systematic and electronic search of clinical trials and observational studies conducted before March 2020 on the efficacy of stent placement in preventing esophageal stricture after ESD was performed. Search terms included "ESD," "esophageal stenosis," "esophageal stricture," and "stents." We conducted a bias risk assessment of the eligible reports and a meta-analysis of the data using Revman 5.3 software. We included two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and a prospective cohort study involving 163 patients with esophageal mucosal defects encompassing at least three-quarters of the esophagus circumference after ESD. The meta-analysis results showed that post-ESD stenosis rates (RR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.22–0.64; P = 0.0003) and the number of endoscopic balloon dilations (EBDs) (MD, −1.74; 95% CI, −2.46 to −1.01; P < 0.00001) were reduced in the pooled analysis of three studies, indicating that stent placement was effective for stenosis prevention, especially a polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheet combined with stent placement can prevent stenosis (RR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.23–0.74; P = 0.003) and reduce the number of EBDs (MD, −1.65; 95% CI, −2.40 to −0.90; P < 0.0001) significantly. Stent placement can reduce the rate of esophageal stenosis after ESD, especially when stents are covered with PGA sheets. However, more high-quality, low-bias RCTs with a sufficient sample size are needed to demonstrate its effectiveness.
- Subjects
ESOPHAGEAL stenosis; ESOPHAGEAL cancer; TREATMENT of esophageal cancer; ELECTRONIC information resource searching; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
Diseases of the Esophagus, 2021, Vol 34, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
1120-8694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/dote/doab015