Experiences relating to management of biliary tract complications following liver transplantation in 96 cases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1533-1537

  Zhou, Guangwen ^a   Cai, Weiyao ^a   Li, Hongwei ^a   Zhu, Yue ^b   Fung, John J ^b  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Liver transplantation; Postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RECIPIENT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; T TUBE;

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036806025     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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