Characteristics of stent length selection based on MDCT and actual implementation Stent length Based on MDCT (n = 48) In reality (n = 48) k, p 60 mm 4 6 k = 0.74 70 mm 12 8 80 mm 32 34 90 mm 0 0 Average (mm) 75.6 75.8 p > 0.05 Comment: The expected stent length on MDCT imageswas in substantialagreement with the actual stent length used in TIPS creation with k = 0.74.