Table 1.
Details of animal assignment, length of the ablation along the mucosa and the depth of ablation penetration within the bile duct wall for all treatments.
| Animal no. | Killed | Ablation No. | Gross measurement Length*Width (mm) | Pathology findings
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| Depth of necrosis in ductal wall
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| Mucosa | Transmural | Periductal tissue | Score | ||||
| 1 | 24 | 1 | 23.60*5.75 | Complete | Complete | Complete | 4 |
| hours | 2 | 16.59*6.46 | Complete | Complete | Complete | 4 | |
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| 2 | 24 | 1 | 20.50*5.18 | Complete | Complete | Complete | 4 |
| hours | 2 | 13.20*3.72 | Complete | Complete | Complete | 4 | |
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| 3 | 24 | 1 | 21.23*6.83 | Complete | Complete | Partial | 3 |
| hours | 2 | 21.38*6.79 | Partial | Partial | None | 1 | |
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| 4 | 24 | 1 | 11.30*3.06 | Complete | Complete | Partial | 3 |
| hours | 2 | 7.23*4.57 | Complete | Complete | Partial | 3 | |
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| 5 | 7 days | 1 | 20.44*2.78 | Complete | Complete | Partial | NA |
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| 6 | 7 days | 1 | Not obvious | Complete | Complete | Partial | NA |