Management issues in post living donor liver transplant biliary strictures

Table 2 Overview of factors contributing to biliary complications

Ref.	Year	Factor	Inference
Dalgic et al[16]	2005	Corner sparing sutures	Decreased incidence of complications
Castaldo et al[17]	2007	Continuous vs interrupted sutures	No difference in two techniques
Soejima et al[18]	2008	Hilar dissection to preserve blood supply	Decreased incidence of complications
Lin et al[19]	2009	Microsurgical biliary reconstruction	Decreased incidence of complications
Kim et al[12]	2010	Telescopic reconstruction of bile duct	Decreased incidence of complications
Chok et al[20]	2011	CIT and acute cellular rejection	Higher biliary complications with increased CIT
			Acute cellular rejection predicted biliary strictures
Horster et al[21]	2013	HCV infection as etiology	Higher incidence of biliary complications in patients with HCV infection and higher viral load
Wadhawan et al[14]	2013	Type of anastomosis	Higher incidence of biliary complications in double duct and cystic duct anastomosis
Mathur et al[22]	2015	Internal biliary stenting	No difference in complications with or without stenting Decreased incidence of biliary complications
Vij et al[15]	2015	Corner sparing sutures
		Bile duct mucosal eversion

CIT: Cold ischemia time; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.