The use of stents for duct-to-duct anastomoses of biliary reconstruction in orthotopic liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 63, 2005, Pages 695-699

  Kusano, Toshiomi ^a   Randall, Henry B ^b   Roberts, John P ^b   Ascher, Nancy L ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary reconstruction; End to end choledochochole dochostomy; Orthotopic liver transplantation; T tube stent

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT RECONSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO END CHOLEDOCHOCHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T TUBE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY FISTULA; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 20644458351     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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