Management of bilary complications following orthotopic liver transplantation

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Scanga, Andrew E ^b   Kowdley, Kris V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; T TUBE; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 33947684883     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-008-0018-7     Document Type: Review

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