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Magnesium-based balloon-expandable biodegradable stents (UNITY-B) have been proposed as a single-step alternative, but dedicated cohort data are limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We retrospectively reviewed 22 consecutive UNITY-B stent-placement procedures performed in 21 patients with benign biliary strictures at a single center (April 2024\u2013February 2026). The primary endpoint, clinical success (freedom from stricture recurrence during follow-up), was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method at the patient level (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 21), with a procedure-level sensitivity analysis (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 22) and a competing-risks sensitivity analysis (Aalen-Johansen estimator) accounting for two unrelated deaths. Technical success and stent-related complications, assessed within 30 days after stent placement, were evaluated at the procedure level.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Median age was 58.0 years (interquartile range 51.0\u201370.0); 76.2% of strictures were anastomotic at a hepaticojejunostomy. Technical success was achieved in 22\/22 procedures (100%), with no stent-related complications within 30 days. Stricture recurrence occurred in 6\/21 patients (28.6%) at a median of 7.0 months; all underwent reintervention. Kaplan\u2013Meier freedom from recurrence was 90.5% (95% CI 67.0\u201397.5%) at 6 months and 66.0% (95% CI 38.7\u201383.3%) at 12 months. Two deaths, unrelated to the procedure, occurred during follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this small, retrospective, single-arm cohort, magnesium-based balloon-expandable biodegradable biliary stenting was technically feasible, with no stent-related complications observed within 30 days after stent placement, and freedom from recurrence in approximately two-thirds of patients at 1 year. 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