Table 1B.

Human studies of future developments in biliary stenting – benign disease

Authors	Year	Study type	Subject	Stent	N	Outcomes
Mahajan et al69	2009	Prospective cohort	Various benign biliary strictures	Viabil	44	Overall stricture resolution 83%, 65% for chronic pancreatitis
Perri et al70	2012	Prospective cohort	Chronic-pancreatitis related strictures	Niti-S	10	90% resolution at stent removal, 80% sustained resolution
Deviere et al71	2012	Prospective trial	Various benign biliary strictures	Wallflex	187	Resolution 86% for chronic pancreatitis, 68% post-liver transplant, and 100% post-operative

Note: FCSEMS for benign biliary strictures.

Abbreviation: FCSEMS, fully covered self-expandable metal stents.