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Hepatology International
Published in: Hepatology International 4/2016

01-07-2016 | Review Article

Biliary complications in right lobe living donor liver transplantation

Authors: Kenneth S. H. Chok, Chung Mau Lo

Published in: Hepatology International | Issue 4/2016

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Abstract

Living donor liver transplantation is an alternative to deceased donor liver transplantation in the face of insufficient deceased donor liver grafts. Unfortunately, the incidence of biliary complication after living donor liver transplantation is significantly higher than that after deceased donor liver transplantation using grafts from non-cardiac-death donations. The two most common biliary complications after living donor liver transplantation are bile leakage and biliary anastomotic stricture. Early treatment with endoscopic and interventional radiological approaches can achieve satisfactory outcomes. If treatment with these approaches fails, the salvage measure for prompt rectification will be surgical revision, which is now seldom performed. This paper also discusses risk factors in donor biliary anatomy that can affect recipients.
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Metadata
Title
Biliary complications in right lobe living donor liver transplantation
Authors
Kenneth S. H. Chok
Chung Mau Lo
Publication date
01-07-2016
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Hepatology International / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1936-0533
Electronic ISSN: 1936-0541
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-016-9710-0

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