title: Direct peroral cholangioscopy with a conventional videogastroscope in a transplanted patient with anastomotic stricture and choledocholithiasis.
abstract: Biliary strictures are one of the most common adverse events after liver transplantation, occurring in as many as 40% of patients in the postoperative period. The optimal strategy for treating these strictures remains to be defined. Direct POC is a useful technique for the study and treatment of biliary diseases, providing high quality endoscopic imaging of the biliary tree and anastomotic strictures.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Portugal.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodrigues-Pinto
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar S. João, Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar S. João, Portugal.
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Macedo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017546:Angioscopy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D020699:Gastroscopes; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014741:Video Recording