Metal stents placement for refractory pancreatic duct stricture in children

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 8 patients with refractory benign dominant main pancreatic duct strictures treated with a fully covered self-expandable metal stent

Case no.	Sex	Anatomical abnormality	Genetic mutation	No. of previous plastic1 stent placements	Placement time for each plastic stent (d), median (range)	Age at first insertion of a FCSEMS (yr)	Location of the stricture	Diameter and length of the stent (mm/cm)
1	F	Pancreas divisum	PRSS1	2	25.5 (19-32)	17	Head	6/4
2	M	-	SPINK1	7	42.0 (4-93)	12	Head	6/5
3	M	Incomplete pancreas divisum	-	4	126.5 (63-431)	10	Head	6/6
4	M	Pancreas divisum	CFTR	3	57.0 (1-109)	12	Body	6/7
5	F	-	PRSS1	1	46.0	18	Neck	6/7
6	M	-	PRSS1	2	58 (24-92)	5	Head	6/4
7	F	-	SPINK1	1	87	9	Head	6/4
8	M	-	SPINK1	1	29	16	Neck	6/7

¹Single and multiple stents were used in our study. FCSEMS: Fully covered self-expandable metal stent.