Biliary tract complications after liver transplantation

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-195

  Safdar, Kamran ^a   Atiq, Muslim ^b   Stewart, Charmaine ^a   Freeman, Martin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile leak; Biliary complication; Biliary stricture; Donor liver transplant; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography; Liver transplantation; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography; Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; Roux en Y anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLEDOCHOCHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DUCT TO DUCT ANATAMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; STENTS;

EID: 67649887894     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.09.4     Document Type: Review

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