Table 1.
Summary of patients characteristics
Multiple plastic stents | cSEMS | |
n | 109 | 48 |
Sex | ||
Male | 76 (69.7%) | 36 (75.0%) |
Female | 33 (30.3%) | 12 (25.0%) |
Age (yr) | ||
Mean (± SD) | 48.8 (± 14.5) | 54.5 (± 12.9) |
Median | 50 | 56.8 |
Range | 10-75 | 17-73 |
Time of anastomotic stricture after orthotopic liver transplantation (d) | ||
Mean (± SD) | 214.2 (± 411.4) | 221.6 (± 263.3) |
Median | 72 | 115.5 |
Range | 6-2663 | 8-1339 |
Hepatic artery associated lesions | ||
Stenosis | 3 (2.8%) | 3 (6.3%) |
Thrombosis | 8 (7.3%) | 1 (2.1%) |
Associated biliary lesions | ||
Anastomotic fistula | 5 (4.6%) | 2 (4.2%) |
Non-anastomotic fistula | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Non-anastomotic stricture | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Cholangitis | 2 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Stones | 2 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
cSEMS: Covered self-expandable metal stents.