Open AccessBiliary complications following liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Gursimran Kochhar,
Jose Mari Parungao,
Ibrahim A. Hanouneh,
Mansour A. Parsi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i19.2841
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , primary sclerosing cholangitis , primary biliary cirrhosis , gastroenterology , biliary tract , complication , sphincter of oddi dysfunction , anastomosis , biliary cirrhosis , transplantation , cholestasis , surgery , sphincter of oddi , disease , autoimmune disease
Biliary tract complications are the most common complications after liver transplantation. These complications are encountered more commonly as a result of increased number of liver transplantations and the prolonged survival of transplant patients. Biliary complications remain a major source of morbidity in liver transplant patients, with an incidence of 5%-32%. Post liver transplantation biliary complications include strictures (anastomotic and non-anastomotic), leaks, stones, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, and recurrence of primary biliary disease such as primary sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cirrhosis. The risk of occurrence of a specific biliary complication is related to the type of biliary reconstruction performed at the time of liver transplantation. In this article we seek to review the major biliary complications and their relation to the type of biliary reconstruction performed at the time of liver tranplantation.