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Use of CT cholangiography to evaluate the biliary tract after liver transplantation: Initial experience
Author(s) -
Miller Gregg A.,
Yeh Benjamin M.,
Breiman Richard S.,
Roberts John P.,
Qayyum Aliya,
Coakley Fergus V.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.20152
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , cholangiography , anastomosis , biliary tract , radiology , limiting , multidetector computed tomography , biliary tract surgical procedures , transplantation , computed tomography , gastroenterology , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering
Evaluation of the biliary tract after liver transplantation, particularly when a Roux‐en‐Y hepatojejunostomy precludes endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, may be challenging. We present five cases of suspected biliary obstruction after liver transplantation in which multidetector‐row computed tomography (CT) cholangiography was used. In conclusion, it was determined that multidetector‐row CT cholangiography may be a useful modality for demonstrating patent biliary‐enteric anastomoses and excluding flow‐limiting biliary anastomotic strictures. (Liver Transpl 2004;10:1065–1070.)