Late biliary tract complications after orthotopic liver transplantation: Diagnostic and therapeutic role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 654-660

  Mosca, Sandro ^a,b   Militerno, Giuseppe ^a   Guardascione, Maria Anna ^a   Amitrano, Lucio ^a   Picciotto, Francesco P ^a   Cuomo, Oreste ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary complication; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Orthotopic liver transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LITHOTRIPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T TUBE;

EID: 0033931377     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02198.x     Document Type: Article

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