Internal biliary stenting during orthotopic liver transplantation: anastomotic complications, post-transplant biliary interventions, and survival.

Background: Biliary complications are a leading source of surgical morbidity following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

Methods: We examined how prophylactic internal biliary stent placement during OLT affected post-transplant morbidity and mortality in a single-center retrospective cohort study of 513 recipients (2006-2012). Recipient and donor covariates were collected.