BACKGROUND: Biliary complications are a major problem in pediatric liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the management and outcomes of @entity253 after pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). METHODS: From 1994 to 2010, 157 pediatric LDLT due to @entity2876 were performed in our center. Doppler ultrasound was initially performed daily for 2 weeks postoperatively to evaluate @entity455 . Computed tomography and or magnetic resonance cholangiography were performed when complications were suspected. They were treated using radiological or surgical interventions. RESULTS: Among the 157 cases, we observed 10 (6.3%) biliary complications, which were divided into three groups: bile leakage (n=3); biliary stricture without @entity455 (n=4); and biliary stricture with @entity455 (n=3). The three cases bile leakages recovered after interventional procedures. The seven biliary strictures underwent percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage (PTCD). All cases without @entity455 were completely cured after PTCD or a subsequent surgical re- @entity254 . In the @entity455 group, early recorrection of the @entity432 with successful PTCD treatment were performed in two cases, but one other case with diffuse @entity63 biliary destruction had a poor result. CONCLUSION: Successful interventional radiographic approaches are effective for @entity253 but with poor results in diffuse @entity63 biliary destruction.

Biliary complications and management in pediatric living donor liver transplantation for underlying XXXX .

@entity455 :: ('MESH:D014652', 'Disease') :: ['vascular complications', 'biliary and vascular complications', 'vascular complication'] @entity63 :: ('MESH:D007511', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic'] @entity254 :: ('MESH:C563598', 'Disease') :: ['anastomosis'] @entity2876 :: ('MESH:D001656', 'Disease') :: ['biliary atresia'] @entity432 :: ('MESH:D001157', 'Disease') :: ['HA occlusion'] @entity253 :: ('MESH:D001660', 'Disease') :: ['biliary complication', 'anastomotic biliary complications']
@entity2876 :: (MESH:D001656,Disease) :: ['biliary atresia']
