Predictive factors of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis for biliary complications in living-donor liver transplantation recipients.

Objectives: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has shown great safety and efficacy in the management of post-living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) biliary complications. Pancreatitis is the most commonest and the most feared complication after ERCP.

Methods: We reviewed the data of liver transplant recipients who underwent ERCP for biliary complications after LDLT between 2011 and 2022.

Intraoperative ERCP for management of cholecystocholedocholithiasis.

Background: The introduction of minimally invasive techniques in management of biliary problems added new procedures for treating patients with cholecystocholedocholithiasis (CCL). This study presents the results of intraoperative ERCP (IOERCP) during LC as a single-session minimally invasive procedure for management of patients who have preoperatively diagnosed CBD stones.

Methods: The database of patients presented to our center by CCL between October 2007 and December 2015 who were treated by LC and IOERCP was collected and analyzed.

Laparoscopic Bile Duct Clearance Without Choledochoscopy.

Background: Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) has been proven to be a safe, efficient, and cost-effective option for the management of common bile duct (CBD) stones. There are two guiding methods during LCBDE: fluoroscopic or choledochoscopic. Most surgeons prefer the use of flexible choledochoscopy at LCBDE, but it is a fragile, delicate, and expensive instrument.

Caudate lobe resection with major hepatectomy for central cholangiocarcinoma: is it of value?

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of concomitant caudate lobe resection in the course of major hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Methodology: During the period between January 1995 and December 2010, 159 patients were subjected to major hepatectomy with or without total caudate lobe resection at the Gastroenterology Centre, Mansoura University. These patients were divided in two groups: 1) a caudate lobe preservation (CLP) group (79 patients) and 2) a caudate lobe resection (CLR) group (80 patients).

Preoperative versus intraoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy for management of common bile duct stones.

Background: ERCP remains the prevailing method of treating CBDS; however, its ideal timing in respect to laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is not defined. LC combined with intraoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy (IOES) was compared with preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy (PES) followed by LC for management of preoperatively known cholecystocholedocholithiasis.

Methods: Between June 2006 and September 2009, 198 patients diagnosed preoperatively by clinical assessment, liver chemistry, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) to have combined choledochocystolithiasis were eligible.

Endoscopic management of postoperative bile duct injuries: a single center experience.

Background/aim: Biliary endoscopic procedures may be less invasive than surgery for management of postoperative bile duct injuries (POBDI). This retrospective work presents the experience of a single referral center during a period of 14 years in endoscopic management of POBDI.

Materials And Methods: Between 1994 (March) and 2008 (May), ERCP had been performed on 277 patients suspected to have POBDI.

Outcome of pouch surgery for ulcerative colitis: single center experience.

Aim: The purpose of the present study is to present the experience and evaluate the outcome of pouch surgery for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC).

Methodology: Fifty eight patients underwent surgery for UC between 1996 and 2007 at Mansoura Gastroenterology Center. A retrospective analysis has been done of all patients with UC undergoing surgery which includes details of the patient's history, indication of surgery, type of operation, postoperative morbidity, and functional outcome.