Endoscopic management of biliary strictures after liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3725-3733

  Williams, Emmanuelle D ^a   Draganov, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic strictures; Bile duct diseases; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Surgical anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; ANOREXIA; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DONOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NONANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; STENTS;

EID: 70350454842     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3725     Document Type: Review

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