An alternative technique of biliary reconstruction after liver transplantation.
In ten pigs ligature dissection and side-to-side reanastomosis was performed as a model for biliary reconstruction after liver transplantation. Results were satisfying with no complications, such as bile leakage, cholangitis, obstruction, or stenosis in a follow-up of 3-12 months. The same technique was used in a transplantation program with rhesus monkeys so far showing the same good results.
D000818:Animals; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008722:Methods; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013552:Swine