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. 2022 May;36(5):e14597.
doi: 10.1111/ctr.14597. Epub 2022 Jan 27.

Choledochoduodenostomy is associated with fewer post-transplant biliary complications compared to Roux-en-Y in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients

Emily R Jonica  1 , Samuel Han  1 , James R Burton Jr  1 , James J Pomposelli  2 , Raj J Shah  1
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Choledochoduodenostomy is associated with fewer post-transplant biliary complications compared to Roux-en-Y in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients

Emily R Jonica et al. Clin Transplant. 2022 May.

Abstract

Background: For primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT), a consensus regarding biliary reconstruction remains unresolved. Choledochoduodenostomy (CDD) represents an alternative to Roux-en-Y (RY) and duct-to-duct. We compared long-term post-transplant outcomes between CDD and RY.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of patients transplanted for PSC who received CDD or RY, with minimum 12-months follow-up. The primary outcome was need for biliary intervention, with either percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Secondary outcomes included biliary stricture(s) and cholangitis admission(s).

Results: Ninety-three patients were transplanted between August 2004 and October 2019 (34 living donor [LDLT] and 59 deceased donor [DDLT]; 40 RY, 53 CDD). Need for either ERCP or PTC was similar (45.0% RY vs. 32.1% CDD, P = .203), though RY exhibited more anastomotic strictures (AS) (35.0% RY vs. 11.3% CDD, P = .006), which was also observed in LDLT subanalyses (50.0% LDLT/RY vs. 10.0% LDLT/CDD; P = .036). Cholangitis admissions were more frequent in RY versus CDD (37.5% vs. 15.1%, P = .013).

Conclusions: CDD does not impart greater risk of biliary complications, and RY may have an incremental effect combined with LDLT status for predisposing to AS. CDD maintains standard endoscopic access without additional risk of biliary complications, thus should be considered when anatomically feasible.

Keywords: complication; dysfunction; liver allograft function; liver transplantation; living donor; surgical; technical.

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