Duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction in orthotopic liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis: A viable and safe alternative

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-68

  Damrah, Osama ^a   Sharma, Dinesh ^a   Burroughs, Andrew ^a   Rolando, Nancy ^a   Fernando, Bimbi ^a   Davidson, Brian ^a   Rolles, Keith ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biliary reconstruction; orthotopic liver transplantation; primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83955161685     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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