Successful diagnosis and management of biliary cast syndrome in a liver transplant patient using single operator cholangioscopy

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 461-463

  Navaneethan, Udayakumar ^a   Venkatesh, Preethi G K ^a   Al Mohajer, Mayar ^a   Gelrud, Andres ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic retrograde; Ischemia; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIARY CAST SYNDROME; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OCCLUSION CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SINGLE OPERATOR CHOLANGIOSCOPY;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052782629     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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