Biliary strictures following liver transplantation: Past, present and preventive strategies

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 759-769

  Sharma, Sharad ^a   Gurakar, Ahmet ^a   Jabbour, Nicolas ^a  

^a INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CADAVER DONOR; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46049096744     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21509     Document Type: Review

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