Biliary strictures after liver transplantation. Predictive factors for response to endoscopic management and long-term outcome

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-443

  Barriga, Jose ^a   Thompson, R O Y ^a   Shokouh Amiri, Hosein ^b   Davila, Rena ^a   Ismail, Mohammad K ^a   Waters, Bradford ^a   Tombazzi, Claudio R ^a,c  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary strictures; Endoscopic treatment; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHOLESTASIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47749124962     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318157d3b5     Document Type: Article

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