Placement of removable metal biliary stent in post-orthotopic liver transplantation anastomotic stricture

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Case No.	Age (yr)	Gender	Etiology	Location of stricture	Interventions prior to RCSEMS placement	Duration of RCSEMS placement (d)
1	53	Male	Post-OLT anastomotic stricture	Mid-CBD	3 ERCPs with balloon dilatation and multiple stent insertions	70
			Hepatitis C cirrhosis
2	44	Male	Post-OLT anastomotic stricture	Mid-CBD	5 ERCPs with balloon dilatation and multiple stent insertions	42
			Hepatitis C and alcoholic cirrhosis		One session of PTC with biliary dilatation and stent placement

RCSEMS: Removable covered self-expandable metal stent; OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; CBD: Common bile duct; PTC: Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.