A bile duct stent broken during repeat pregnancy in a post-liver transplant patient

A bile duct stent broken during repeat pregnancy in a post-liver transplant patient

A young female patient who developed anastomotic biliary stricture following an orthotopic liver transplantation was observed. A self-expandable metallic stent was placed to correct the stricture. At the 8th month of her repeat pregnancy, the stent broke asymptomatically into half. Fortunately, the...

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Main Authors: P. G. Tarazov, A. A. Polikarpov, D. A. Granov, V. V. Borovik
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after V.I.Shumakov 2021-04-01
Series:Vestnik Transplantologii i Iskusstvennyh Organov
Subjects:
orthotopic liver transplantation
biliary stricture
biliary stenting
broken stent
pregnancy
Online Access:https://journal.transpl.ru/vtio/article/view/1313

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