Placement of removable metal biliary stent in post-orthotopic liver transplantation anastomotic stricture

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 3597-3600

  Tee, Hoi Poh ^a   James, Martin W ^b   Kaffes, Arthur J ^c  

^a Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan   (Malaysia)

^b Wolfson Institute of Digestive Diseases   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Biliary stent; Biliary stricture; Niti S stent; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STENT;

EID: 77955123087     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i28.3597     Document Type: Article

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