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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 Ferguson
Published 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.
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