Risk factors and management of biliary complications post liver transplantation
AA Negm, TJ Weismüller, TO Lankisch, A Schneider, S Pischke, CP Strassburg, J Klempnauer, MP Manns, J Wedemeyer · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2013 · Heft 01
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Background and Aim: Biliary complications (BC) after liver transplantation (LTx) remain a major source of morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to focus this complication in a tertiary referral academic LTx center. Methods: Between years 2005 and 2006 a cohort of 179 adult patients received primary LTx, mainly due to viral hepatitis (30%), alcoholic liver disease (20%), HCC (20%) and PSC (14%) in the LTx center of Hannover Medical School, was prospectively followed till end of 2009. Comparison between patients with (n=58) and without (n=121) BCs in all the collected peri- and post LTx parameters was achieved. Res…
