An Unusual Case of Rectal Perforation after Liver Transplantation

S. DepuydtDepartment of Liver Transplant Programme, Departments of Abdominal Transplantation Surgery, Ostend, Belgium.;Department of General and Vascular Surgery, AZ Damiaan, Ostend, Belgium.

R. Aerts’Department of Liver Transplant Programme, Departments of Abdominal Transplantation Surgery, Ostend, Belgium.

W. Van SteenbergenDepartment of Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Ostend, Belgium.

C. VerslypeDepartment of Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Ostend, Belgium.

W. LalemanDepartment of Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Ostend, Belgium.

D. CassimanDepartment of Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Ostend, Belgium.

F. NevensDepartment of Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Ostend, Belgium.

J. PirenneDepartment of Liver Transplant Programme, Departments of Abdominal Transplantation Surgery, Ostend, Belgium.

D. Monbaliu’Department of Liver Transplant Programme, Departments of Abdominal Transplantation Surgery, Ostend, Belgium.View further author information

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Abstract

We present the case of a 50-year-old patient in whom an anastomotic biliary stricture after liver transplantation was treated endoscopically by sphincterotomy, dilatation and stenting using a plastic biliary stent. A distal migration of the stent caused a perforation of the rectum which was treated following stent extraction per anum-conservatively with antibiotics and temporary bowel rest.

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D. Monbaliu University Hospitals Leuven Department of Abdominal Transplantation Surgery Herestraat 49 3000 Leuven, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]

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