Successful treatment of recurrent cholangitis complicating liver transplantation by Roux-en-Y limb lengthening

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-331

  Vrochides, D ^a   Fischer, S A ^b   Soares, G ^b   Morrissey, P E ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile reflux; Cholangitis; Dysmotility; Efferent loop; Liver transplantation; Roux en Y

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE REFLUX; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SEPSIS;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CHOLANGITIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848952275     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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