Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage in biliary strictures after liver transplantation: Long-term outcome predictors and influence on patient survival.
Melina HeinemannBita TafrishiSven PischkeLutz FischerThomas RöschAnsgar Wilhelm LohseMartina SterneckUlrike W DenzerPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
In post-orthotopic liver transplantation biliary strictures treated by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and/or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage, patient BMI and preinterventional C-reactive protein may influence prognosis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with larger balloon diameter may favour success in anastomotic strictures. Long-term success by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and/or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage is associated with superior survival in patients with anastomotic strictures and nonanastomotic strictures only.