Primary sclerosing cholangitis surgery
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis Microchapters |
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Differentiating Primary sclerosing cholangitis from other Diseases |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgery
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a progressive disease that ultimately leads to end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Endoscopic management can be targeted for dominant strictures or as palliative treatment. However, current gold standard of treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis is liver transplantation. Despite live transplantation, disease may still recur in these patients.