Biliary strictures after liver transplantation

Gut and Liver

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-142

  Ryu, Choong Heon ^a   Lee, Sung Koo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anastomotic strictures; Bile duct diseases; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NON ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; OBSTRUCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; STENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79959337728     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2011.5.2.133     Document Type: Review

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