The application of SpyScope® technology in evaluation of pre and post liver transplant biliary problems

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 428-432

  Gürakar, Ahmet ^a   Wright, Harlan ^a   Camci, Cemalettin ^a   Jaboour, Nicolas ^a  

^a INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary stricture; Liver transplantation; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; SpyBite ; SpyScope

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT BIOPSY; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOPSY DEVICE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SECONDARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951977023     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2010.0131     Document Type: Article

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