Open AccessBiliary Cast Syndrome
Author(s) -
Huayu Tian,
Qiande Liao,
Nianfeng Li,
Peng Jian,
Lan Gong,
Ju Liu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.160537
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pathological , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , gastroenterology , confidence interval , bile duct , complication , liver transplantation , transplantation , pancreatitis
Biliary cast syndrome (BCS) was a postoperative complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), and the reason for BSC was considered to relate with ischemic type biliary lesions. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between BCS following OLT and the hepatic artery resistance index (HARI), and to observe pathological changes and morphology of biliary casts.