Elective staged proctocolectomy and living donor liver transplantation for colon cancer with sclerosing cholangitis-related ulcerative colitis: a case report

Abstract Background Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a well-known complication of ulcerative colitis (UC), but it is rare to encounter patients requiring both living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and proctocolectomy. We report a case of elective two-stage surgery involving proctocolectom...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiro Miyagi, Tatsuya Kinjo, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Noboru Harada, Shingo Arakaki, Tetsu Kinjo, Akira Hokama, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-01059-6