Posttransplantation biliary strictures occur in 5-34% of the pediatric liver transplant patients and are conventionally managed by interventional radiological techniques. The aim of this manuscript is to assess the outcomes of patients with biliary strictures treated by percutaneous dilatation at ou
Role of Interventional Radiology in the Treatment of Biliary Strictures Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
โ Scribed by Dorico Righi; Federico Cesarani; Emanuele Muraro; Carlo Gazzera; Mauro Salizzoni; Giovanni Gandini
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 341 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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