EVALUATION OF THE TRANSPLANTED LIVER AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

This article presents a brief review of posthepatic transplantation an atomy and a synopsis of the role of imaging in posthepatic transplanta tion complications. Screening ultrasonography is used to detect vascul ar stenosis or occlusion. T-tube cholangiography is used to detect bil iary leak or obstruction. Thoughtful use of conventional radiographs, ultrasonography, CT, percutaneous cholangiography, and MR imaging for problem solving in detection and management of complications, such as abdominal fluid collections, can make the difference between graft sur vival or failure.