Open AccessINCIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF BILIARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER 291 LIVER TRANSPLANTS FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF TRANSCYSTIC STENTING
Author(s) -
Robert G. Sawyer,
Jeffrey D. Punch
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199811150-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary sludge , liver transplantation , anastomosis , surgery , perioperative , complication , incidence (geometry) , stent , transplantation , gallbladder , physics , optics
Biliary complications occur frequently after liver transplantation, and many are historically related to T tubes. Stents placed through the donor cystic duct have been used to attempt to reduce tube-related complications yet maintain access to the biliary tree.