title: [Liver transplantation for secondary sclerosing cholangitis following biliary surgery].
abstract: The authors report their experience in five patients who underwent liver transplantation for secondary sclerosing cholangitis after undergoing biliary surgery. Liver transplantation was indicated because radiological and endoscopic manoeuvres failed to control icterus. Histological findings were diffuse destruction of the biliary tree associated with cholangitis in all cases and a secondary biliary cirrhosis in 2 cases. There was no cholangiocarcinoma. All patients are alive and well without recurrence of cholangitis after a median follow-up of 39 Months (range 25 to 117). These results suggest that liver transplantation can be considered the most appropriated treatment for advance secondary sclerosing cholangitis.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Pavillon D, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon 69437 Cedex 03.
authors.forename: Raouf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohsine
authors.forename: Marie-Cécile
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: El Rassi
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ponchon
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boillot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*