Endoscopic treatment of biliary complications in donors after living donor liver transplantation in a high volume transplant center

ERDOĞAN M. A., Cagin Y. F., Atayan Y., BİLGİÇ Y., YILDIRIM O., ÇALIŞKAN A. R., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.31, no.9, pp.614-619, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tjg.2020.18759
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.614-619
  • Keywords: Living donors, liver transplantation, cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde, bile duct, SINGLE-CENTER, RISK, MANAGEMENT, SAFETY
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/Aims: Although living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been accepted as a primary treatment for adults with endstage liver disease, concerns about donor health have emerged. As LDLT is technically complex, it creates perioperative morbidity and mortality risk in donors. Biliary complications such as stricture and leakage are seen most frequently in donors after liver transplantation. While some of these complications get treated with a conservative approach, endoscopic, surgical, and percutaneous interventions may be required in some others. We aimed to present endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) results in donors who developed biliary complications after LDLT.