It is reported in the literature article titled "endoscopic management of biliary leaks and strictures after living donor liver transplantation: optimizing techniques for successful management", published in the 19nov2016 by springer science+business media, three patients experienced bile leak and required additional treatment after undergoing an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) to treat biliary complications post living donor liver transplantation.All ercp's were performed using one of the following olympus duodenoscopes, either tjf-160vf, tjf-q180v (for those patients with a duct to duct anastomosis), or pediatric colonoscope pcf-160/180, or single balloon enteroscope sif-q180 (for those patients with a hepaticojejunostomy).There were no malfunctions of any olympus device reported for any case described in this article.This report is being submitted conservatively to report the adverse effects experienced by three patients in the ercp group.One patient experienced clinical deterioration and required a surgical intervention.Two patients required percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (ptc) intervention.No further patient or event details are available.
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