Results of endoscopic management of anastomotic biliary strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Akay, Sinan ^a,b   Karasu, Zeki ^a   Ersöz, Galip ^a   Kiliç, Murat ^a   Akyildiz, Murat ^a   Günşar, Fulya ^a   Akarca, Ulus ^a   Batur, Yücel ^a   Ilter, Tankut ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anastomotic biliary strictures; Balloon dilatation; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography; Liver transplantation; Plastic stent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; CHOLESTASIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 34147140498     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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