Biliary complications following liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2841-2846

  Kochhar, Gursimran ^a   Parungao, Jose Mari ^a   Hanouneh, Ibrahim A ^a   Parsi, Mansour A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary; Complication; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Leak; Liver transplantation; Stricture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; BILE LEAK; BILIARY COMPLICATION; BILIARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; BILOMA; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; NON ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; ODDI SPHINCTER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

EID: 84878040678     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i19.2841     Document Type: Editorial

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