Copyright
©2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2014; 20(32): 11080-11094
Published online Aug 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11080
Published online Aug 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11080
Postoperative biliary adverse events following orthotopic liver transplantation: Assessment with magnetic resonance cholangiography
Piero Boraschi, Francescamaria Donati, 2nd Unit of Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, and Nuclear Medicine, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Author contributions: Boraschi P searched the PubMed for relevant articles and wrote the draft manuscript; Donati F analyzed data, co-authored and critically revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Piero Boraschi, MD, 2nd Unit of Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, and Nuclear Medicine, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy. p.boraschi@do.med.unipi.it
Telephone: +39-050-996782 Fax: +39-178-2211474
Received: October 19, 2013
Revised: May 11, 2014
Accepted: May 23, 2014
Published online: August 28, 2014
Revised: May 11, 2014
Accepted: May 23, 2014
Published online: August 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Biliary adverse events continue to be serious causes of morbidity, mortality, and transplant dysfunction or failure after orthotopic liver transplantation. In this article, we review the technique as well as the diagnostic role of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with cholangiopancreatographic sequences in the assessment of adverse events following orthotopic liver transplantation. The features of the main types of biliary adverse events on MR cholangiopancreatography are presented and the recently developed techniques are also discussed in this setting, according to the biliary reconstruction and liver transplant procedure performed.