title: Cholecystectomy due to symptomatic gallbladder disease after orthotopic liver transplantation: report of three cases.
abstract: Although biliary stones and sludge are relatively common after liver transplantation (OLT), symptomatic cholecystolithiasis or acute cholecystitis have rarely been reported. Until the early 1990s few transplant centers preserved the donor's gallbladder for transplantation with the liver graft. This technique allows one to perform procedures, such as cholecystojejunostomy or a donor gallbladder conduit for biliary tract reconstruction, to treat posttransplant biliary complications. Herein we have reported three cases of successful either laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis or acute cholecystitis between 14 and 19 years after OLT, as well as a systematic literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany. svernadakis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vernadakis
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sotiropoulos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fouzas
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kykalos
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Juntermanns
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treckmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome