Biliary anastomosis and biliary complications following living donor liver transplantation.
Transplant Proc
; 40(8): 2537-8, 2008 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18929793
ABSTRACT
Biliary complications are one of the most important problems in liver transplantation. Regardless of various improvements of surgical technique, liver transplantation is associated with significant biliary problems. In this article, we have described a biliary anastomosis method with a continuous suture (CS) technique in the posterior wall and interrupted suture (IS) technique for the anterior wall. We performed this biliary reconstruction in 28 adult patients between September 2003 and August 2007. Prior to that time our procedure was a CS anastomosis for both the anterior and posterior walls. A 5-Fr catheter is inserted into the biliary system. The current biliary complication was 3 cases (13.0%) of stenosis at the anastomosis, which is lower than that for a CS anastomosis. This anastomosis reduced biliary complications and is simple.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Anastomosis, Surgical
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Liver Transplantation
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Living Donors
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Gallbladder
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Transplant Proc
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
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