article = {SCR-2020-12-121}
title = {Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis as an Unusual Indication for Liver Transplantation in a Center of a Western Country}
journal = {Surgical Case Reports}
year = {2020}
issn = {2613-5965}
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.12.21}
url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/recurrent-pyogenic-cholangitis-as-an-unusual-indication-for-liver_SCR-2020-12-121 
author = {Concepción  Gómez-Gavara,Lluís  Castells,Isabel  Campos-Varela,Berta  Pares Bofill,Rocío  Martín,Anna  Curell,Cristina  Dopazo,Elizabeth  Pando,Mireia  Caralt,M. Teresa  Salcedo,Ernest  Hidalgo,Itxarone  Bilbao,Ramón  Charco,}
keywords = {Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, oriental cholangitis, liver transplantation, hepatolithiasis}
abstract ={Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis is a chronic infection characterized by intrahepatic biliary stones and
strictures. Escherichia coli is the commonest infecting organism. This disease is very common in East Asia
but infrequent in Western countries, and few reports have been published in European series. The
therapeutic approach for hepatolithiasis is highly individual and includes antibiotic therapy, endoscopic and
percutaneous biliary drainage with stone removal and dilation of strictures, surgical resection of affected
liver segments and liver transplantation. We report two cases of RCP in Chinese patients treated with liver
transplantation at our center out of the 34 published in the literature.}