Early prevention and treatment of biliary tract complications after orthotopic liver transplantation

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-53

  Tan, Jing Wang ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Yao, He Xiang ^a   Lu, Li Zhi ^a   Zhang, Shao Geng ^a  

^a FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Biliary complication; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DONOR; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAVAGE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECROSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037973382     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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