Cholangiography After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Introduction: Biliary Reconstruction and Biliary Complications; Normal Cholangiograms Following Orthotic Liver Transplantation.- Short Overview.- Case 1 Normal Postoperative Cholangiogram Following OLT.- Case 2 Normal Postoperative Cholangiogram with a Certain Degree of Mismatch Between Common Bile Ducts of Donor and Receipt.- Case 3 Regular Postoperative Anastomosis of the Common Bile Duct of Donor and Recipient.- Case 4 Normal Cholangiogram After Transplantation of a Reduced-Size Liver Graft.- Biliary Leakage.- Short Overview.- Case 5 Biliary Leakage After Displacement of a Drange Catheter and Endoscopic Treatment with Endoprostheses.- Case 6 Biliary Leakage and Retention of Part of a Disrupted T-Tube; Situation After Endoscropic Removal and Surgical Repair.- Early Tertiary 'lemuroids'.- Case 7 Biliary Leakage at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis.- Case 8 Biliary Leakage and Stenosis at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis.- Bile Duct Redundancy.- Short Overview.- Case 9 Bile Duct Redundancy with Unimpaired Bile Flow.- Case 10 Bile Duct Redundancy with Impaired Bile Flow and Subsequent Bacterial Cholangitis; Treatment by insertion of Metal Stent.- Sludge in the Biliary System.- Short Overview.- Case 11 Sludge in the Biliary System and Treatment by Balloon Extraction After Sphincterotomy.- Stenosis at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis.- Short Overview.- Case 12 Stenosis at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis; Endoscopic Treatment by Dilation and Placement of a Metal Stent.- Case 13 Stenosis at Bile Duct Anastomosis; Treatment by Endoscopic Dilation.- Case 14 Stenosis at the Site of Bile Duct Anastomosis; Endoscopic Treatment by Dilation and Preliminary Insertion of a Plastic Endoprosthesis.- Bile Duct Stenosis Due to Local Ischemia.- Short Overview.- Case 15 Necrosis ofthe Common Bile Duct and Alteration of the Intrapatic Ducts.- Case 16 Sequelae of Ischemia of the Common Bile Duct of Grafted Liver.- Stenoses of All Major Bile Ducts Following Ischemia.- Function of primate dentitions.- Ischemic-Type Lesions Following Long Cold Ischemia.- Short Overview.- Case 19 Alterations of the Intra- and Extrahepatic Biliary System After OLT; Follow-Up Studies.- Case 20 Severe Alterations of the Intra- and Extrahepatic Biliary System; Endoscopic Treatment and Follow-Up Films.- Case 21 Progressive Sequelae from Prolonged Cold Ischemia.- Case 22 Course of Ischemic-Type Biliary Lesions.- Bile Duct Alterations After Occlusion of Hepatic Artery.- Short Overview.- Case 23 T-Tube Cholangiogram After Occlusion of the Hepatic Artery.- Case 24 T-Tube Cholangiogram After OLT and Cholangiogram After Occlusion of the Hepatic Artery.- Case 25 Cholangiogram After Occlusion of the Hepatic Artery.- Case 26 Cholangiogram After Arterial Malperfusion, Stenosis of the Hepatic Artery, Progression of Bile Duct Alterations, and Precutaneous Treatment; Results of Therapy.- Bile Ducts in Chronic Rejection.- Short Overview.- Case 27 Cholangiogram from a Patient with Chronic Rejection of the Graft.- Case 28 Initial Alterations of the Hepatic Biliary System in Chronic Rejection; Progression on Follow-Up.- Case 29 Course of Alterations of the Biliary System in Chronic Rejection.- Disturbed Function of the Sphincter of Oddi.- Short Overview.- Case 30 Stone in the Recipients's Dilated Common Bile Duct.- Case 31 Dilated Common Duct in the Recipient and Stenoses of the Main Hepatic Ducts.- References.