Single Balloon Enteroscopy for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography in a Patient with Hepaticojejunostomy after Liver Transplant | Zendy

Marta Di Pisa | Zendy; Roberto Miraglia | Zendy; Riccardo Volpes | Zendy; Salvatore Gruttadauria | Zendy; Mario Traina | Zendy

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Single Balloon Enteroscopy for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography in a Patient with Hepaticojejunostomy after Liver Transplant

Author(s) -

Marta Di Pisa,

Roberto Miraglia,

Riccardo Volpes,

Salvatore Gruttadauria,

Mario Traina

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

gastroenterology research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1687-630X

pISSN - 1687-6121

DOI - 10.1155/2010/701696

Subject(s) - medicine , enteroscopy , double balloon enteroscopy , anastomosis , roux en y anastomosis , surgery , balloon , liver transplantation , radiology , endoscopy , transplantation , gastric bypass , weight loss , obesity

We report a case of a post-transplant patient with hepaticojejunostomy in whom we used a single balloon enteroscopy to access the biliary tree. This procedure seems to be safe and feasible for approaching the biliary anastomosis by means of the overtube and fixation of the small bowel by the balloon.

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