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Biliary Reconstruction Techniques: From Biliary Tumors to Transplantation

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Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery

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The performance of biliary reconstruction for restoring bilioenteric continuity after bile duct resection for hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) tumors or during liver transplantation represents a basic skill for HPB and transplant surgeons. Such reconstruction may involve duct-to-duct anastomosis (or choledochocholedochostomy) or bilioenteric anastomosis, depending on the underlying disease, anatomy and indications. This chapter will describe the techniques of duct-to-duct and bilioenteric anastomoses focusing on their basic principles, techniques and application in oncological HPB surgery and liver transplantation.

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  1. Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Leonardo Centonze, Stefano Di Sandro, Iacopo Mangoni & Luciano De Carlis

  2. School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Luciano De Carlis

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  1. Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy

    Umberto Cillo

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Centonze, L., Di Sandro, S., Mangoni, I., De Carlis, L. (2020). Biliary Reconstruction Techniques: From Biliary Tumors to Transplantation. In: Cillo, U., De Carlis, L. (eds) Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19762-9_7

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