Simultaneous surgical and interventional radiological approach to treat complicated biliary strictures after pediatric liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 513-516

  Salvalaggio, Paolo R O ^a   Bambini, Daniel A ^a   Donaldson, James ^a   Saker, Martha ^a   Whitington, Peter F ^a   Alonso, Estella M ^a   Superina, Riccardo A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary structures; Liver transplantation; Pediatric; Radiological

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUIDE WIRE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTESTINE SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BILE DUCTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644303394     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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