Management of liver transplantation biliary stricture: Results from a tertiary hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To review results of endoscopic treatment for anastomotic biliary strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) during an 8-year period.

Methods

This is a retrospective review of all endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographys (ERCPs) performed between May 2006 and June 2014 in deceased OLT recipients with anastomotic stricture at a tertiary care hospital. Patients were divided into 2 groups, according to the type of stent used (multiple plastic or covered self-expandable metal stents), which was chose on a case-by-case basis and their characteristics. The primary outcome was anastomotic stricture resolution rate determined if there was no more than a minimum waist at cholangiography and a 10 mm balloon could easily pass through the anastomosis with no need

SUBMITTER: Martins FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4482835 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature