Use of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in Biliary Strictures Detection in Patients after Liver Transplantation
Abstract
Postoperative biliary complications with the rate of 15-20% of cases remain the important problem in patients after liver transplantation. The presented brief review is an attempt to summarize the data of literature regarding to the main types of strictures, their causes, and their adequate detection by magnetic resonance imaging. The key moments of the use of magnetic resonance cholangiography in patients after liver transplantationare described. Detailed attention have been done to the indications and diagnostic value of the method in this group of patients.
About the Authors
Yermek Abibullaevich Akhmetov
National Scientific Center of Oncology and Transplantology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yerzhan Mukhadinovich Sakhishev
National Scientific Center of Oncology and Transplantology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Akhmetov Ye.A., Sakhishev Ye.M. Use of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in Biliary Strictures Detection in Patients after Liver Transplantation. Medical Visualization. 2015;(6):61-65. (In Russ.)
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