Budd-Chiari syndrome: long-term effect on outcome with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

Background: The long-term outcome of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) is not well studied. To address this, the records of 47 consecutive patients with BCS evaluated in one center from January 1989 to April 2004, were analyzed.

Results: Seven patients with liver tumors were excluded from analyses.

Biliary disease after liver transplantation: the experience of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh.

Background And Aim: The biliary tract has been referred to as the "Achilles heel" of liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to document the frequency, clinical presentation and management of biliary complications after liver transplantation in the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: The liver transplant clinic at KFSH&RC has registered and followed 220 patients (150 male and 70 female patients; age 40.