title: Usefulness of the "rendezvous" technique in living related right liver donors with postoperative biliary leakage from bile duct anastomosis.
abstract: This is a report on two cases of large bile leak following right hepatectomy performed for living related liver transplantation, originating from the stump of the ligated right bile duct, and treated with the placement of large percutaneous biliary catheters through a combined percutaneous transhepatic and endoscopic approach (rendezvous technique).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Via Tricomi 1, 90127, Palermo, Italy. rmiraglia@ismett.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miraglia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traina
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maruzzelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Pisa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gruttadauria
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luca
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gridelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome