TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of Biodegradable Stents as Part of Treatment of Biliary Strictures after Pediatric and Adult Liver Transplantation: An Observational Single-Center Study
AU - Dopazo, Cristina
AU - Diez, Iratxe
AU - Quintero, Jesús
AU - Curell, Anna
AU - González-Junyent, Carla
AU - Caralt, Mireia
AU - Pando, Elizabeth
AU - Lázaro, José Luis
AU - Molino, José Andrés
AU - Juamperez, Javier
AU - Castells, Lluis
AU - Pérez, Mercedes
AU - Bilbao, Itxarone
AU - Segarra, Antoni
AU - Charco, Ramón
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - © 2018 SIR This brief report presents the results of 20 adult and pediatric patients treated with the use of biodegradable SX-Ella biliary stents placed by means of a transhepatic approach for the treatment of benign biliary strictures after liver transplantation. Stent insertions were always feasible (100%), and only 1 case of acute pancreatitis was observed (5%). The overall clinical success rate of the procedure, including anastomotic and nonanastomotic strictures, was 75%, and was higher in the anastomotic stricture group (81.25%) than in the nonanastomotic stricture group (50%).
AB - © 2018 SIR This brief report presents the results of 20 adult and pediatric patients treated with the use of biodegradable SX-Ella biliary stents placed by means of a transhepatic approach for the treatment of benign biliary strictures after liver transplantation. Stent insertions were always feasible (100%), and only 1 case of acute pancreatitis was observed (5%). The overall clinical success rate of the procedure, including anastomotic and nonanastomotic strictures, was 75%, and was higher in the anastomotic stricture group (81.25%) than in the nonanastomotic stricture group (50%).
U2 - 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.02.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.02.007
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 899
EP - 904
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
SN - 1051-0443
IS - 6
ER -