title: Chronic rejection and extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction 8 years after orthotopic liver transplantation using the gallbladder-conduit technique.
abstract: A case of delayed biliary obstruction and cholangitis, occurring in the setting of chronic allograft rejection, 8 years after liver transplantation using the gallbladder-conduit, is presented. Extrahepatic biliary obstruction may be seen in the late follow-up of liver grafting and rejection phenomena may play a significant role in the development of such obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital, Berne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gertsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Preisig
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blumgart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000209:etiology; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous