[Liver transplantation for secondary sclerosing cholangitis following biliary surgery].
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.
Mohsine
Raouf
R
Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Pavillon D, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon 69437 Cedex 03.
Blanchet
Marie-Cécile
MC
El Rassi
Ziad
Z
Ponchon
Thierry
T
Boillot
Olivier
O
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*