Biliary Tract Complications After Liver Transplantation

Abstract

Biliary complications are common after orthotopic liver transplantation but are rarely an isolated cause of death. Stenting of the choledochocholedochostomy or choledochojejunostomy anastomosis does not prevent strictures, and T tubes are associated with a high incidence of biliary leakage on removal. Nonoperative interventions have an increasing role in the treatment of biliary complications.