Endoscopic management of post-living donor liver transplant anastomotic biliary strictures: A quaternary care transplant center experience

Table 2 Post-living donor liver transplant anastomotic biliary stricture management outcomes

Stricture status	Total, n (%)	No. of ERCP (mean ± SD)	Duration between liver transplant to 1st ERCP (months)	Anastomosis, n (%)
				Single	2 ducts	2 ducts on a single patch
Patients completing the therapeutic course	114	5.18 ± 2.01	5.89 ± 5.58 (95%CI: 4.87-6.91)	67 (58.8)	36 (31.6)	11 (9.6)
Stricture resolution with endo therapy alone	102 (90.2)	5.04 ± 2.04	6 ± 5.77 (95%CI: 4.88-7.12)	58 (86.6)	33 (91.7)	11 (100)
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy referrals (cannulation failure/inability to traverse the stricture via ERCP)	11 (9.7)	6.27 ± 1.35	5.10 ± 3.65 (95%CI: 2.94-7.26)	8 (13.4)	3 (9.3)	-
Redo surgery	1 (0.9)	7.0	3.27	1 (100)	-	-
Combined percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy & endotherapy success rates	113 (99.1)	5.16 ± 2.02	5.92 ± 5.59 (95%CI: 4.89-6.95)	66 (98.5)	36 (100)	11 (100)
Stricture recurrence rates	15 (13.27)	7.5 ± 1.9	5.93 ± 4.57 (95%CI: 3.62-8.24)	6 (9.1)	7 (19.4)	2 (18.2)

ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.