Cholangiography After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation [Paperback]

Biliary tract complications are still the major cause of morbidity following orthotopic liver transplantation. This book deals systematically with the large variety of possible cholangiographic changes. The figures are the results of a review of cholangiograms from more than 280 patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation. The etiology, clinical aspects, and treatment of these complications are reviewed on the basis of the authors' experience in radiology, endoscopy, and transplant surgery.Biliary tract complications are still the major cause of morbidity following orthotopic liver transplantation. This book deals systematically with the large variety of possible cholangiographic changes. The figures are the results of a review of cholangiograms from more than 280 patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation. The etiology, clinical aspects, and treatment of these complications are reviewed on the basis of the authors' experience in radiology, endoscopy, and transplant surgery.Introduction: Biliary Reconstruction and Biliary Complications; Normal Cholangiograms Following Orthotic Liver Transplantation.- Short Overview.- Case 1 Normal Postoperative Cholangiogram Following OLT.- Case 2 Normal Postoperative Cholangiogram with a Certain Degree of Mismatch Between Common Bile Ducts of Donor and Receipt.- Case 3 Regular Postoperative Anastomosis of the Common Bile Duct of Donor and Recipient.- Case 4 Normal Cholangiogram After Transplantation of a Reduced-Size Liver Graft.- Biliary Leakage.- Short Overview.- Case 5 Biliary Leakage After Displacement of a Drange Catheter and Endoscopic Treatment with Endoprostheses.- Case 6 Biliary Leakage and Retention of Part of a Disrupted T-Tube; Situation After Endoscropic Removal and Surgical Repair.- Early Tertiary lemuroids.- Case 7 Biliary Leakage at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis.- Case 8 Biliary Leakage and Stenosis at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis.- Bile Duct Redundancy.- Short Overview.- Case 9 Bló[