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BILIARY ATRESIA BEFORE AND AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE KASAI‐TYPE PROCEDURE
Author(s) -
Lau James T. K.,
Ong G. B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02412.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary atresia , cure rate , surgery , atresia , general surgery , bile duct diseases , calculus (dental) , bile duct , liver transplantation , dentistry , transplantation
The apparent cure rate of infants with biliary atresia is compared before and after the introduction of the Kasai‐type procedure. While the operation has been criticized for many of its postoperative problems, it still compares favourably in terms of the apparent cure rate, i.e. an improvement from 4.5% to 35.3%.