Less is more: The use of a single biodegradable stenting to treat biliary anastomotic strictures in pediatric liver transplantation.

Objective: To report our experience of using biodegradable biliary stents for anastomotic biliary strictures in pediatric liver transplant patients.

Methods: Analysis of a retrospective data collection from January 2014 to January 2023, including all pediatric liver transplant recipients in our center treated for anastomotic biliary strictures with biodegradable biliary stents (BBS). In phase 1 (2014-2019), there was an initial percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) with anastomotic dilatation followed two weeks after by a second PTC with BBS insertion.

Percutaneous or Endoscopic Treatment of Peripheral Bile Duct Leaks: Initial Experience with an Innovative Approach of Microcatheter-Delivered Argon Plasma Coagulation.

Purpose: Biliary ductal injuries are challenging to treat, and often lead to severe morbidity and mortality. The first-line approach involves endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy and, in case of refractory leakage, long-lasting percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, endoscopic or percutaneous injection of sclerosing agents and/or coiling can be used. We describe a treatment procedure using microcatheter-mediated percutaneous or endoscopic argon plasma coagulation (APC).

The ART-SCORE is not an effective tool for optimizing patient selection for DEB-TACE retreatment. A multicentre Spanish study.

Introduction: The appropriate selection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who are eligible for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) remains a challenge. The ART score has recently been proposed as a method of identifying patients who are eligible or not for a second TACE procedure.

Objective: To assess the validity of the Assessment for Retreatment with TACE (ART) score in a cohort of patients treated with drug-eluting bead TACE (DEB-TACE).