Short-term external biliary drainage in living donor liver transplantation using duct-to-duct anastomosis: a single-center experience
Ji Su Kim, Tae Yoon Lee, Young Chul Yoon · 2025
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Ji Su Kim, Tae Yoon Lee, and Young Chul Yoon report a short drain protocol after liver transplant in a 2025 paper. Bile duct problems are the top issue after living donor liver transplant. Some centers place an external bile drain to guard the join. Most keep it for months, but this center keeps it six weeks.
The study covered 59 patients with duct-to-duct joins and drains. Care ran from 2013 to 2022 at one Korean hospital. Bile issues arose in about 37 percent of patients. Leaks were rare, while duct narrowing was more common. All cases were fixed with scope or skin-based methods, not surgery. No deaths came from bile issues in the group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ji Su Kim, Tae Yoon Lee, Young Chul Yoon |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |