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Biliary complications in recipients of living-donor liver transplantation

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Abstract

The key points of the management of biliary complications in recipients of living-donor liver transplantation are described. The characteristics of these complications are somewhat different from those in deceased-donor liver transplantation, mainly due to the technical difficulties. Appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are essential for successful transplants, to avoid the development of secondary biliary cirrhosis when complication occurs.

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    Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Susumu Eguchi, Yujo Kawashita & Takashi Kanematsu

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Takatsuki, M., Eguchi, S., Kawashita, Y. et al. Biliary complications in recipients of living-donor liver transplantation. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 13, 497–501 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00534-005-1082-0

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