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Liver Transplantation

New Liver Transplation Research from University of Michigan Outlined

Published in Blood Weekly, August 18th, 2011

2011 AUG 18 -- "Biliary complications are the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERG) is considered the diagnostic criterion standard for post-orthotopic liver transplantation biliary obstruction, but incurs significant risks," scientists writing in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy report.

"To determine the diagnostic accuracy of MRCP for biliary obstruction in OLT patients. A systematic literature search identified studies primarily examining the utility of MRCP in detecting post-orthotopic liver transplantation binary obstruction. A...

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