The impact of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis on graft survival following liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Palak J TrivediJ ReeceRichard W LaingE SlaneyRachel CooneyB K GunsonSivesh Kathir KamarajahThomas D PinkneyF ThompsonPaolo MuiesanA SchlegelGideon M HirschfieldTariq H IqbalJames W FergusonPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)
In PSC, liver transplantation, colectomy + IPAA is associated with similar incidence rates of hepatic artery thrombosis, recurrent biliary strictures and re-transplantation compared with no colectomy. Colectomy + end ileostomy confers more favourable graft outcomes.