Sanjaya K Satapathy, Imran Sheikh, Bilal Ali, Fazal Yahya, Mehmet Kocak, Laxmi Babu Parsa, James D Eason, Jason M Vanatta, Satheesh P Nair
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic treatment of anastomotic biliary stricture (ABS) after liver transplantation (LT) has been proven to be effective and safe, but long-term outcomes of early compared to late onset ABS have not been studied. The aim of this study is to compare the long-term outcome of early ABS to late ABS. METHODS: Of the 806 adult LT recipients (04/2006-12/2012), 93 patients met the criteria for inclusion, and were grouped into non-ABS (no stenosis on ERCP, n=41), early ABS (stenosis <90 days after LT, 18 [19...
July 2017: Clinical Transplantation