Open AccessOutcome of biliary atresia among Saudi children: A tertiary care center experience
Author(s) -
Sinan Holdar,
Badr Alsaleem,
Ali Asery,
Abdulrahman AlHussaini
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_306_18
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary atresia , cholestasis , jaundice , liver transplantation , epidemiology , pediatrics , tertiary care , population , liver disease , surgery , gastroenterology , transplantation , environmental health
Data from Western countries indicate that biliary atresia (BA) is the leading cause of end-stage liver disease in children and the most common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the pediatric population. There is no data on the epidemiology and outcome of BA in Saudi Arabia. The main objective of our study was to understand the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcome of BA in the Saudi population.