BACKGROUND: Biliary strictures are a serious complication after liver transplantation. Endoscopic and percutaneous transhepatic procedures have gained an increasing potential for the management of this problem. OBJECTIVE: Long-term follow-up of endoscopic and/or percutaneous transhepatic therapy of biliary strictures after liver transplantation was evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 1996 and December 2007, 47 patients with biliary stricture after liver transplantation were identified by analysing the endoscopic database, hospital charts and cholangiograms. Long-term follow-up was evaluated using cholangiograms, transabdominal ultrasound, laboratory parameters and physical examination. RESULTS: The type of biliary stricture after liver transplantation was subdivided into anastomotic stricture (n = 29), non-anastomotic stricture (n = 14) and bilioenterostomy stricture (n = 4). Of the patients, 38/47 were treated by endoscopic procedures (ERCP), and 9/47 patients were treated by percutaneous transhepatic procedures (PTBD). In 2 of 47 patients combined approaches (rendezvous technique) were performed. Overall, 23/29 patients in the anastomotic group, 12/14 patients in the non-anastomotic group, and 3/4 patients in the bilioenterostomy group had successfully completed endoscopic and/or percutaneous transhepatic therapy. Biliary drainage could be respectively terminated after median 9 (1-83), 11 (1-89) and 10 (4-14) months. CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopic as well as percutaneous transhepatic approaches in combination or as monotherapy are effective in the management of anastomotic and non-anastomotic strictures after liver transplantation.
BACKGROUND: Biliary strictures are a serious complication after liver transplantation. Endoscopic and percutaneous transhepatic procedures have gained an increasing potential for the management of this problem. OBJECTIVE: Long-term follow-up of endoscopic and/or percutaneous transhepatic therapy of biliary strictures after liver transplantation was evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 1996 and December 2007, 47 patients with biliary stricture after liver transplantation were identified by analysing the endoscopic database, hospital charts and cholangiograms. Long-term follow-up was evaluated using cholangiograms, transabdominal ultrasound, laboratory parameters and physical examination. RESULTS: The type of biliary stricture after liver transplantation was subdivided into anastomotic stricture (n = 29), non-anastomotic stricture (n = 14) and bilioenterostomy stricture (n = 4). Of the patients, 38/47 were treated by endoscopic procedures (ERCP), and 9/47 patients were treated by percutaneous transhepatic procedures (PTBD). In 2 of 47 patients combined approaches (rendezvous technique) were performed. Overall, 23/29 patients in the anastomotic group, 12/14 patients in the non-anastomotic group, and 3/4 patients in the bilioenterostomy group had successfully completed endoscopic and/or percutaneous transhepatic therapy. Biliary drainage could be respectively terminated after median 9 (1-83), 11 (1-89) and 10 (4-14) months. CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopic as well as percutaneous transhepatic approaches in combination or as monotherapy are effective in the management of anastomotic and non-anastomotic strictures after liver transplantation.
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