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Novel surgical technique for the management of biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures

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1 Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Unit, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan

2 Department of Pulmonology, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan

3 Department of Gastroenterology, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan

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Malek A Al-Omari

MD, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Unit, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman,

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Article ID: 100089Z04TA2020

doi: 10.5348/100089Z04TA2020RA

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Al-Munaizel T, Al-Abbadi A, Al-Jarrah R, Aljbour M, Naffa’ M, Oudat E, Alfaouri A, Al-Omari MA, Ghazzawi I, Smadi S. Novel surgical technique for the management of biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures. Int J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis 2020;10: 100089Z04TA2020.

ABSTRACT


Aims: This study presents an invented surgical technique for dealing with biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures with the potential to replace currently used methods in certain cases.

Methods: In this retrospective study, a novel surgical technique was introduced in the management of eight patients with bilioenteric strictures between January 2016 and May 2018.

Results: Our new technique was associated with a 100% success rate where patency of anastomosis was achieved in all patients along the 28 month follow-up period. Only two of the patients developed a complication including wound-site infection, and cholangitis at the 17th month follow-up. None of the patients developed intrahepatic biliary dilation or stricture recurrence.

Conclusion: This novel surgical approach may reduce recurrent medical and radiological interventions and the need for anastomosis revision. It may also lessen the rate of complications. However, larger scale studies are needed to confirm such findings.

Keywords: Biliary-enteric, Choledochojejunostomy, Hepaticojejunostomy, Strictures, Stricturoplasty

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Heba Lababneh, for her artistic work on the schematic views of the photos.

Author Contributions

Tariq Al-Munaizel - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Abdulhamid Al-Abbadi - Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Raed Al-Jarrah - Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Mohammad Aljbour - Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Mo'taz Naffa' - Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Eman Oudat - Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Ashraf Alfaouri - Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Malek A Al-Omari - Analysis of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Imad Ghazzawi - Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published

Sameer Smadi - Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Guarantor of Submission

The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.

Source of Support

None

Consent Statement

Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article.

Data Availability

All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.

Conflict of Interest

Authors declare no conflict of interest.

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