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Role of colectomy in preventing recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis in liver transplant recipients

Buchholz, BM; Lykoudis, PM; Ravikumar, R; Pollok, JM; Fusai, GK; (2018) Role of colectomy in preventing recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis in liver transplant recipients. [Review]. World Journal of Gastroenterology , 24 (28) pp. 3171-3180. 10.3748/wjg.v24.i28.3171. Green open access

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Abstract

AIM: To study the published evidence on the impact of colectomy in preventing recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis (rPSC). METHODS: An unrestricted systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE, Medline OvidSP, ISI Web of Science, Lista (EBSCO) and the Cochrane library was performed on clinical studies investigating colectomy in liver transplantation (LT) recipients with and without rPSC in the liver allograft. Study quality was evaluated according to a modification of the methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS) criteria. Primary endpoints were the impact of presence, timing and type of colectomy on rPSC. Overall presence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), time of IBD diagnosis, posttransplant IBD and immunosuppressive regimen were investigated as secondary outcome. RESULTS: The literature search yielded a total of 180 publications. No randomized controlled trial was identified. Six retrospective studies met the inclusion criteria of which 5 studies were graded as high quality articles. Reporting of IBD was heterogenous but in four publications, either inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis or in particular active colitis post-LT significantly increased the risk of rPSC. The presence of an intact (i.e., retained) colon at LT was identified as risk factor for rPSC in two of the high quality studies while four studies found no effect. Type of colectomy was not associated with rPSC but this endpoint was underreported (only in 33% of included studies). Neither tacrolimus nor cyclosporine A yielded a significant benefit in disease recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). CONCLUSION: The data favours a protective role of pre-/peri-LT colectomy in rPSC but the current evidence is not strong enough to recommend routine colectomy for rPSC prevention.

Type: Article
Title: Role of colectomy in preventing recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis in liver transplant recipients
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i28.3171
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i28.3171
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Keywords: Recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis, Risk factor, Ulcerative colitis, Colectomy, Liver transplantation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057876
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