CompletedNot Applicable

Study to Establish Whether the Use of T-Tube in Bile Duct Anastomosis in Liver Transplantation Decreases Morbidity

Spain200 participantsStarted 2008-05

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence and severity of biliary complications due to liver transplantation after choledochocholedochostomy with or without a T-tube. A per-protocol analysis was designed for recipients of orthotopic liver transplantation in a single center, who were randomly assigned to choledochocholedochostomy with or without a T-tube. It is a prospective and randomized study.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 67 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Recipients of a deceased full-size liver graft * Aged \> 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Retransplantation * Primary sclerosing cholangitis * Fulminant hepatic failure * Technical need for a hepaticojejunostomy * Splitted graft * Reduced-size graft * More than one organ transplantation * Living donation * Finding of a large difference (twice the size) in common bile duct diameters between the graft and the recipient

What they're measuring

all morbidity related to bile duct

Timeframe: The first year after liver transplantation procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01546064

SponsorHospital Universitario La Fe

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2010-07

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