Prevention and management of biliary anastomotic stricture in right-lobe living-donor liver transplantation. 2014

Kenneth S H Chok, and Chung Mau Lo
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Biliary strictures can be categorized according to technical factor as anastomotic or nonanastomotic strictures. Biliary anastomotic stricture is a common complication after living-donor liver transplantation, occasionally causing deaths. The two most commonly used methods for biliary anastomosis are duct-to-duct anastomosis and hepaticojejunostomy. Before presenting a description of the latest techniques of duct-to-duct anastomosis and hepaticojejunostomy, this review first relates the technique of donor right hepatectomy, as most biliary complications suffered by recipients of living-donor liver transplantation originate from donor operations. Three possible causes of biliary anastomotic stricture, namely impaired blood supply, biliary anomaly, and technical flaw, are then discussed. Lastly, the review focuses on the latest management of biliary anastomotic stricture. Treatment modalities include endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with dilatation, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage with dilatation, conversion of duct-to-duct anastomosis to hepaticojejunostomy, and revision hepaticojejunostomy. End-to-side versus side-to-side hepaticojejunostomy is also discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007582 Jejunostomy Surgical formation of an opening through the ABDOMINAL WALL into the JEJUNUM, usually for enteral hyperalimentation. Jejunostomies
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003251 Constriction, Pathologic The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions. Stenosis,Stricture,Constriction, Pathological,Pathologic Constriction,Constrictions, Pathologic,Pathologic Constrictions,Pathological Constriction,Stenoses,Strictures
D006498 Hepatectomy Excision of all or part of the liver. (Dorland, 28th ed) Hepatectomies
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000714 Anastomosis, Surgical Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side. Surgical Anastomosis,Anastomoses, Surgical,Surgical Anastomoses
D001649 Bile Duct Diseases Diseases in any part of the ductal system of the BILIARY TRACT from the smallest BILE CANALICULI to the largest COMMON BILE DUCT. Bile Duct Disease,Disease, Bile Duct,Diseases, Bile Duct,Duct Disease, Bile,Duct Diseases, Bile
D001652 Bile Ducts The channels that collect and transport the bile secretion from the BILE CANALICULI, the smallest branch of the BILIARY TRACT in the LIVER, through the bile ductules, the bile ducts out the liver, and to the GALLBLADDER for storage. Bile Duct,Duct, Bile,Ducts, Bile
D016031 Liver Transplantation The transference of a part of or an entire liver from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Liver,Hepatic Transplantation,Liver Transplant,Transplantation, Hepatic,Transplantation, Liver,Hepatic Transplantations,Liver Grafting,Liver Transplantations,Liver Transplants,Transplant, Liver

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