Endoscopic treatment has largely replaced surgery as the initial treatment for biliary strictures following living donor liver transplantation; however, this treatment is nearly impossible in patients who have previously undergone hepaticojejunostomy (HJ). We therefore retrospectively evaluated the
Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Bilioenteric Anastomotic Stricture Treatment in Liver-Transplanted Children
✍ Scribed by Airton Mota Moreira; Francisco César Carnevale; Uenis Tannuri; Lisa Suzuki; Nelson Gibelli; Joao Gilberto Maksoud; Giovanni Guido Cerri
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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