[Initial results of restoration of bile flow in liver transplant]

Rev Esp Enferm Apar Dig. 1989 May;75(5):431-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The initial results of biliary reconstruction in 72 liver transplants realized in 62 patients, 50 adults and 12 children, are presented. Three reconstruction techniques were used: end-to-end choledocho-choledochostomy on a Kehr tube in 44 transplants (61.1%); choledocho-jejunostomy on a Roux-en-Y loop in 24 transplants (33.3%); double derivation cholecysto-choledocho-jejunostomy in 2 transplants (2.7%). The number of early complications related to biliary reconstruction was 5 (7.14%): 3 fistulas in the choledocho-choledochostomy series (6.8%) and 2 fistulas among the choledocho-jejunostomies (8.3%). All complications required reoperation and mortality was nil. Thirty-two months after the onset of the program, no late complications of the biliary anastomosis have been registered.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Gallbladder / surgery*
  • Hepatic Duct, Common / physiology
  • Hepatic Duct, Common / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Jejunum / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged