Internal biliary diversion using appendix during liver transplantation for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1: A case report

Figure 1 Surgical technique schematic diagram. A: Excision of the diseased liver; B: Biliary reconstruction; C: Excision range of appendix.

Figure 2 Imaging examination. A: Upper abdomen computerized tomography performed 4 months after liver transplantation (LT) operation; B: Upper abdomen computerized tomography performed 10 months after LT operation; C: Radionuclide cholangiography performed 10 months after LT operation (upper left corner: Cholangiography 45 minutes after the injection of radionuclide, nuclide concentrated in intrahepatic bile duct; upper right corner: Cholangiography 1.5 hours after the injection of radionuclide, nuclide concentrated in anastomosed colon; lower left corner: Cholangiography 4 hours after the injection of radionuclide, nuclide concentrated in transverse colon; lower right corner: Cholangiography 5 hours after the injection of radionuclide, nuclide concentrated in the whole colon).