A unique type of fully covered metal stent for the management of post liver transplant biliary anastomotic strictures

Table 1 Highlights the main outcomes and specific factors of the Kaffes stent.

No. of patients inserted	62
No. of patients removed	56
Immediate stricture resolution	54/56 (96%)
Long-term stricture resolution (%)	42/52^a (81%)
Complications (%)	9/62 (15%)
Biliary reconstruction	1
Mean age (years)	53
Females (%)	26 (42%)
Symptomatic (%)	16 (26%)
DBD (%)	36/53 (68%)
CIT (Hours) (±SD)	8.6 (2.4)

DBD Donation after brain death; CIT Cold ischaemic time. ^a One patient died of frailty post-transplant 13 months after a Kaffes stent successfully resolved the stricture and another was re-transplanted for chronic rejection so for the purpose of this study, both were not included in the analysis for long-term stricture resolution

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