A prospective study of standardized nonsurgical therapy in the management of biliary anastomotic strictures complicating liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 857-863

  Holt, Andrew P ^a   Thorburn, Douglas ^a   Mirza, Darius ^a   Gunson, Bridget ^a   Wong, Terry ^a   Haydon, Geoffrey ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anastomotic; Biliary strictures; Complications; Endoscopy; ERCP; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARTY ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CHOLESTASIS; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLESTASIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449103382     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000282805.33658.ce     Document Type: Article

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