Laboratory diagnosis and nonoperative management of biliary complications in living donor liver transplant patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-506

  Venu, Mukund ^a   Brown, Russell D ^a   Lepe, Rita ^a   Berkes, Jamie ^a   Cotler, Scott J ^a   Benedetti, Enrico ^a   Testa, Giuliano ^a   Venu, Rama P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b M/C 716 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary complications; Living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247392920     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000247986.95053.2a     Document Type: Article

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