Percutaneous recanalization of an occluded hepatico-jejunostomy, using Colapinto needle, in a two-yr-old patient after partial liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 676-679

  Miraglia, Roberto ^a   Luca, Angelo ^a   Maruzzelli, Luigi ^a   Caruso, Settimo ^a   Henderson, Kristine ^a   Riva, Silvia ^a   Spada, Marco ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary; Complication of liver transplantation; Interventional radiology; Paediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; COLAPINTO NEEDLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEEDLE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RECANALIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34547452667     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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