Management of biliary complications after Liver Transplantation – lessons learned from more than 1,000 patients
G Györi, R Schwarzer, F Langer, A Püspök, M Peck-Radosavljevic, R Steininger, A Ferlitsch · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2009 · Heft 05
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Background: Biliary complications are a major reason for morbidity and mortality after orthotopic liver transplantation (oLT). Aim of this study is to evaluate interventional and surgical management strategies and develop a treatment algorithm. Methods: Between 01/1989 and 12/2008 1,113 patients (pts) received an oLT at our center. All patients with biliary complications referred for either endoscopic or surgical treatment were identified. Indications for treatment were classified as stenosis or leaks, pts with generalized ischemic bile duct disease requiring retransplantation were excluded from analysis. Therap…
