Orthotopic liver transplantation: T-tube or not T-tube? Systematic review and meta-analysis of results

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1672-1680

  Sotiropoulos, Georgios C ^a   Sgourakis, George ^a,b   Radtke, Arnold ^a   Molmenti, Ernesto P ^c   Goumas, Konstantinos ^b   Mylona, Sofia ^b   Fouzas, Ioannis ^b   Karaliotas, Constantine ^b   Lang, Hauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary anastomosis; Biliary complications; Choledocho cholodechostomy; Evidence based; Jadad composite scale; Meta analysis; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Publication bias; T tube

Indexed keywords

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JEJUNOSTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T TUBE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649631469     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a5cf3f     Document Type: Article

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