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The extended Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia: A preliminary report

Author(s) -

Priya Ramachandran,

Mohamed Safwan,

Srinivas Sankaranarayanan,

Naresh Shanmugam,

Mukul Vij,

Mohamed Rela

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1998-3891

pISSN - 0971-9261

DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.176941

Subject(s) - biliary atresia , medicine , clearance , jaundice , perioperative , liver function , demographics , surgery , general surgery , gastroenterology , liver transplantation , urology , transplantation , demography , sociology

In 1955, Professor Morio Kasai first performed a hepatic portoenterostomy. Since then, the procedure has changed the lives of children with biliary atresia (BA). We report our initial experience in performing "extended" Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE), a modification of the original procedure.

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