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Biliary drainage as treatment for allograft steatosis following liver transplantation for PFIC-1 disease: A single-center experience.

Leina S AlrabadiRaffaella A MorottiPamela L ValentinoManuel I Rodriguez-DavalosUdeme D EkongSukru H Emre
Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2018)
Development of macrovesicular steatosis post-LT in patients with PFIC-1 is increasingly being observed, with the etiology not fully understood. We highlight successful and effective EBD for reversal of allograft steatosis in 2 patients with PFIC-1 disease and discuss our experience with internal biliary diversion in this patient population.
Keyphrases
  • insulin resistance
  • high fat diet
  • high fat diet induced
  • adipose tissue
  • kidney transplantation
  • skeletal muscle
  • ultrasound guided
  • robot assisted
  • combination therapy