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Objective To study the incidence and treatment measures of complications in esophageal stenting.Methods The processes of implantation of esophageal stents in 60 cases were done,of them,59 cases were malignant disease and 1 case was benign stricture.All cases were followed-up for 3~24 months.The types of stents to be used including domestic metal-coated stainless steel Z-stent in 12 cases,domestic gridding-shape nickel-titanium memory alloy coated stent in 47 cases and imports stent in one.Results The processes were successful in all cases,the complications such as arrhythmia in 2 cases,suffocation in one case during operation,and chest discomfort and feeling of foreign body in 49 cases,nausea and vomiting in 15 cases,chronic infection of esophageal stent upper port in 2 cases,stent displacement in 6 cases,stent obstruction in 16 cases,massive hemorrhage,dyspnea and esophago-thoracic fistula in 1 case respectively for 1~36 weeks after operation.After clinical treatment,except 1 patient died due to bleeding shock,all complications were controlled or improved.Conclusion The majority of complications during or after treatment of esophageal stricture with stent implantation are slight,but the indications of operation should be strictly controlled.