Introduction: Biliary Reconstruction and Biliary Complications Normal Cholangiogram Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Abstract

The surgical techniques most frequently used for biliary reconstruction are end-to-end choledocho-choledochostomy over a T-tube, choledocho-jejunostomy to a Roux-en-Y loop and, especially Germany, side-to-side choledocho-choledochostomy [1, 8, 14, 21]. techniques employed in the early years of liver transplantation, e.g., cholecysto-enterostomy of the gallbladder conduit (Waddell-Calne), have now been generally abandoned. We have used end-to-end and side-to-side choledocho-choledochostomy as well as biliodigestive reconstruction with similar results [29]. The technique we currently prefer side-to-side anastomosis.