Role of Biodegradable Stents as Part of Treatment of Biliary Strictures after Pediatric and Adult Liver Transplantation: An Observational Single-Center Study

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2018 Jun;29(6):899-904. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.02.007.

Abstract

This brief report presents the results of 20 adult and pediatric patients treated with the use of biodegradable SX-Ella biliary stents placed by means of a transhepatic approach for the treatment of benign biliary strictures after liver transplantation. Stent insertions were always feasible (100%), and only 1 case of acute pancreatitis was observed (5%). The overall clinical success rate of the procedure, including anastomotic and nonanastomotic strictures, was 75%, and was higher in the anastomotic stricture group (81.25%) than in the nonanastomotic stricture group (50%).

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholestasis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials