Successful treatment with a covered stent and 6-year follow-up of biliary complication after liver transplantation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Apr;33(2):425-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-009-9558-y. Epub 2009 Mar 31.

Abstract

The role of covered stent in the management of biliary complications is not yet defined in liver transplant recipients. This Case Report presents a patient with anastomotic stricture and leakage with biloma treated with a covered stent 32 months following liver transplantation. Signs of in-stent restenosis developed 52 months following covered stent placement, which was resolved by balloon dilation. There were no complications during the interventions. The latest follow-up, at 69 months following primary and 19 months following secondary percutaneous intervention, shows a patent covered stent without any clinical or morphological sign of further restenosis. The clinical success with long-term follow-up data suggests that covered stent implantation can be a rational, minimally invasive option for simultaneous treatment of bile duct stenosis and bile leak following liver transplantation in selected cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / methods
  • Cholestasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholestasis / etiology*
  • Cholestasis / therapy*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure / pathology
  • Liver Failure / surgery*
  • Liver Failure / virology
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Liver Transplantation / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Stents*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome