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Ex vivo cholangioscopy in liver grafts: a novel technique to assess the biliary tree during organ preservation and machine perfusion: a experimental non-clinical study
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Mark Ly, Ngee-Soon Lau, Joanna Huang, Hayden Ly, Kasper Ewenson, Nicole Mestrovic, Paul Yousif, Ken Liu, Avik Majumdar, Geoffrey McCaughan, Michael Crawford, Carlo Pulitano
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Clin Endosc 2025;58(2):303-310. Published online March 4, 2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2024.099
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/Aims: Biliary complications are a leading cause of morbidity after liver transplantation, but can be reduced using real-time assessment of the biliary tree. This study described a novel technique for performing ex vivo cholangioscopy during cold static storage and normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess the biliary tree before liver transplantation.
Methods
Human donor livers, which were considered unsuitable for transplantation, were perfused at 36ºC using a modified commercial ex vivo perfusion system. Ex vivo cholangioscopy was performed using a SpyGlass Discover system. Cholangioscopy was performed during cold static storage and after 12 hours in NMP. Bile duct biopsies and confocal microscopy were performed.
Results
Ex vivo cholangioscopy was performed on eight grafts. During cold static storage, luminal debris was visualized throughout the biliary tree. After 12 hours of reperfusion, the bile ducts appeared hyperemic, heterogeneous, and mottled. Confocal microscopy confirmed perfusion of biliary microvasculature.
Conclusions
We describe the first use of ex vivo cholangioscopy to assess the biliary tree before liver transplantation. This real-time technique can be used to assess biliary trees during cold static storage and NMP. In addition, cholangioscopy-based interventions can be used to better assess intrahepatic bile ducts.
Focused Review Series: Endoscopic Management for Biliary Stricture after Liver Transplantations
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Management of Post-Transplant Anastomotic Stricture Using Self-Expandable Metal Stent
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Dong Wook Lee, Kazuo Hara
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Clin Endosc 2020;53(3):261-265. Published online May 29, 2020
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2020.119
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- Anastomotic stricture (AS) is one of the complications of liver transplantation (LT) and can occur in up to 40% of living-donor LTs. Endoscopic management has become the first-line treatment of AS, and multiple plastic stents insertion has been mainly used in the past. Recently, many treatments utilizing fully covered self-expandable metal stents (cSEMSs) have been attempted, and results showing adequate treatment outcome have been reported. In this review, we look into the treatment performance and cautionary steps needed when using cSEMS as a treatment for AS.
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Unilateral Versus Bilateral Biliary Drainage for Post-Transplant Anastomotic Stricture
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Jin Ho Choi, Woo Hyun Paik
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Clin Endosc 2020;53(3):255-260. Published online May 22, 2020
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- Living donor liver transplantation is the most common type of liver transplantation in Asia. Post-transplant biliary stricture is frequent in living donor liver transplantation, and endoscopic management is considered to be the treatment of choice. However, endoscopic management is still challenging in patients who undergo right lobe living donor liver transplantation because of the anatomical alteration. In this article, we reviewed the recently updated results for proper endoscopic biliary drainage in post-living donor liver transplantation anatomical biliary stricture and compared unilateral and bilateral drainage.
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An Update on Endoscopic Management of Post-Liver Transplant Biliary Complications
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Hyun Woo Lee, Najmul Hassan Shah, Sung Koo Lee
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Clin Endosc 2017;50(5):451-463. Published online April 17, 2017
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- Biliary complications are the most common post-liver transplant (LT) complications with an incidence of 15%–45%. Furthermore, such complications are reported more frequently in patients who undergo a living-donor LT (LDLT) compared to a deceased-donor LT (DDLT). Most post-LT biliary complications involve biliary strictures, bile leakage, and biliary stones, although many rarer events, such as hemobilia and foreign bodies, contribute to a long list of related conditions. Endoscopic treatment of post-LT biliary complications has evolved rapidly, with new and effective tools improving both outcomes and success rates; in fact, the latter now consistently reach up to 80%. In this regard, conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) remains the preferred initial treatment. However, percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS) is now central to the management of endoscopy-resistant cases involving complex hilar or multiple strictures with associated stones. Many additional endoscopic tools and techniques—such as the rendezvous method, magnetic compression anastomosis (MCA), and peroral cholangioscopy (POCS)—combined with modified biliary stents have significantly improved the success rate of endoscopic management. Here, we review the current status of endoscopic treatment of post-LT biliary complications and discuss conventional as well as the aforementioned new tools and techniques.
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Endoscopic Management of Anastomotic Strictures after Liver Transplantation
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Dong Wook Lee, Hyeong Ho Jo, Juveria Abdullah, Michel Kahaleh
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Clin Endosc 2016;49(5):457-461. Published online September 30, 2016
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- Endoscopic treatment of biliary strictures involving plastic stent placement has been used widely. The use of self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) has been described for anastomotic strictures following liver transplantation (LT). This review aimed to assess and compare the efficacy of plastic stents with SEMS in LT patients. Information was retrieved regarding technical success, stricture resolution, the number of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography procedures, follow-up, immediate, and late complications. Eight studies involving plastic stents had a stricture resolution rate of 84.5%, with the rates ranging from 63% to 100%. These rates are comparable with the stricture resolution rate of 75% determined from six studies that involved 236 patients who received metal stents and the rates ranged from 53% to 81%. The observed success rate for metal stents used to manage post-LT anastomotic biliary strictures was below the reported rate for multiple plastic stents. Hence, the currently available metal stents should not be offered for the management of post-LT anastomotic biliary strictures.
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A Case of Biliary Cast Syndrome in a Non-liver Transplant Patient
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Sung Gon Jun, M.D., Seong Ran Jeon, M.D., Jong Ho Moon, M.D. and Young Deok Cho, M.D.
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Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2011;42(6):419-423. Published online June 17, 2011
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- Biliary casts are uncommon but are typically seen in post-liver transplant patients,
whereas very few cases have been reported in non-liver transplant patients. A 65-
year-old man, who had not undergone a liver transplantation or other hepatobiliary
surgery, presented with jaundice and fever. Radiological imaging studies showed
diffuse thickening and enhancement of the intrahepatic duct with mild ductal
dilatation and multiple linear filling defects. A percutaneous transhepatic
cholangioscopy revealed severe bile duct inflammation and multiple biliary casts,
which were removed with multiple percutaneous choledocoscopic procedures.
The pathogenesis of the biliary casts in this patient was uncertain. However, we
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Two Cases of Percutaneous Transhepatic Choledochoscopy Treatment of Intrahepatic Duct Stones that Occurred after Living Donor Liver Transplantation
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- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS) is the primary treatment option for general cases of intrahepatic duct stones. However, there are no reports on the use of PTCS for intrahepatic duct stones in patients who had undergone living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We experienced two cases of successful intrahepatic stone removal by the use of PTCS in LDLT patients. With these cases, we have confirmed that PTCS management can be safely performed not only for a general bile duct stone, but also for a bile duct stone that develops in a patient that had previously undergone liver transplantation. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2008;36:318-323)
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A Case of Biliary Cast Syndrome with a Biliary Stricture and Suppurative Cholangitis after Liver Transplantation
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Jung Pil Suh, M.D., In Seok Lee, M.D., Jae Hyuck Chang, M.D., Jung Hyun Kwon, M.D., Won Haing Hur, M.D., Si Hyun Bae, M.D., Myung Gyu Choi, M.D., In Sik Chung, M.D. and Dong Goo Kim, M.D.*
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Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2007;35(4):281-286. Published online October 30, 2007
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- Biliary complications after liver transplantation occur in 13∼35% of patients. Biliary cast syndrome, cast formation of biliary sludge along the bile duct, can develop in 4∼18% of liver transplant recipients, although the incidence rate is significantly decreasing due to the improvement of graft harvesting and preservation. It is very important that early diagnosis and effective management of biliary cast syndrome be performed when there is a bile duct stricture or dilatation associated with jaundice and cholangitis in the recipient after liver transplantation, due to the possibility of retransplantation and death of the patient from graft loss. We report a case of a biliary cast formed with suppurative cholangitis and extracted incidentally with a plastic biliary stent during an endoscopic procedure after cadaveric liver transplantation, in which the ERCP findings revealed a stricture at the anastomosis site of the common bile duct and cholangitis. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2007;35:281-286)
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Biliary Cast Successfully Removed by Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy, and This Developed in a Patient Who Received Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
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Hong Jeoung Kim, M.D., Ki Tae Yoon, M.D., Seungmin Bang, M.D., Seung Woo Park, M.D., Si Young Song, M.D. and Jae Bock Chung, M.D.
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- "Biliary cast syndrome" describes a cast formed from retained lithogenic material, and this cast is morphologically confined to the bile duct; this develops in 4∼18% of liver transplant recipients. The pathogenesis of cast formation is not clearly understood. The proposing etiological factors for biliary cast syndrome include acute cellular rejection, a prolonged cold ischemic time, use of postoperative biliary drainage tubes and biliary infection. These casts are more likely to develop in the setting of hepatic ischemia and biliary stricture. Endoscopic and percutaneous cast extraction might achieve favorable results and this should be attempted before surgical therapy. We report here on a case of biliary cast syndrome that was secondary to orthotopic liver transplantation; this was successfully treated via percutaneous choledochoscopic removal. We also include a review of the literature. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2006;33:381384)
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Biliary Complications after Adult Liver Transplantation
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Sang Soo Lee, M.D., Kyu Taek Lee, M.D., Sun-Young Lee, M.D., Tea Wook Kang, M.D., Won Moon, M.D., Ji Young Hwang, M.D., Min Kyu Yu, M.D., Jong Kyun Lee, M.D., Seung Woon Paik, M.D., Jae-Won Joh, M.D.*, Suk-Koo Lee, M.D.*, Sang Heum Kim, M.D.† a
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Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2006;32(2):94-100. Published online February 27, 2006
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/Aims: Recently, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been frequently performed in Korea because of the limited availability of a cadaveric donor (CD). We evaluated the clinical features of patients with biliary complications after liver transplantation and we compared the incidence of biliary complications according to the type of donor and the anastomotic type of the biliary tract. Methods: Between May 1996 and July 2004, 300 patients (CDLT 102/LDLT 198) underwent liver transplantation at Samsung Medical Center. The patients who experienced biliary complications during the follow-up period were enrolled to the study and we retrospectively reviewed their cases. Results: Sixty-seven cases (23%) of biliary complications were noticed in 53 patients (18%). The complications consisted of 20 cases (7%) of bile leakage, 38 cases (13%) of biliary strictures, 7 cases (2%) of biliary stones, and 2 cases (1%) of biliary stenosis due to other cause. There was no significant difference on the incidence of complications between CDLT (15/102; 14.7%) and LDLT (38/198; 19.2%) (p=0.42). In addition, there was no significant difference between choledocho-choledochostomy (43/237; 18.1%) and hepatico-jejunostomy (10/ 63; 15.9%)(p=0.85) Conclusions: The incidence rate of biliary complication after liver transplantation was 23%, and there was no difference according to the type of donor and the anastomotic type of biliary tract. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2006;32:94100)