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