Bile duct complications after liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-642

  Pascher, Andreas ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile duct complication; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 23244453539     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00123.x     Document Type: Review

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