Imaging of biliary complications in recipients of right-lobe living donor liver transplantation.

Imaging of biliary complications in recipients of right-lobe living donor liver transplantation.
Acta Radiol. 2015 May 13;
Authors: Park SH, Kim KW, Kim B, Lee SJ, Lee JS, Kim HJ, Song GW, Lee SG, Jeong WK
Abstract
Right-lobe living donor liver transplantation (RL-LDLT) is a common method devised in order to fulfill the demands of donor organ shortage in adult patients with end-stage liver diseases. However, biliary complications remain as the "Achilles' heel" of RL-LDLT, with wide variety of incidence among transplantation centers. Patients with biliary complications after RL-LDLT may have similar clinical presentations to those with other causes of graft dysfunction. Therefore, radiological evaluation plays a key role for differential diagnosis of such complications. In this article, we discuss the various methods of biliary reconstruction and imaging findings of common and uncommon biliary complications in recipients of RL-LDLT.
PMID: 25972371 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Radiologica - May 13, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Park SH, Kim KW, Kim B, Lee SJ, Lee JS, Kim HJ, Song GW, Lee SG, Jeong WK Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research