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Research Article
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,
Jordan
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Article ID: 100089Z04TA2020
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
We are grateful to Heba Lababneh, for her artistic work on the schematic views of the photos.
Author ContributionsTariq 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 SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
Source of SupportNone
Consent StatementWritten informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article.
Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
Conflict of InterestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.
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