Prognostic Factors of Kasai Operation in Patients with Biliary Atresia

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Asmaa Abdelrazek Helmy Abdelrazek Hashem ,Prof. Osama Abdelfatah Ali Elagamy.,Prof. Mohamed Ezz Elregal Abbas Amin,Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim Abdelghafar

Keywords

Biliary atresia, Kasai portoenterostomy, outcome, predictors

Abstract

Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive liver disease. It is the most frequent indication for pediatric liver transplantation. Kasai portoentostomy (KPE) is used as the first line of treatment. This study aimed to identify possible short-term outcome prognostic
factors of KPE for BA in infants.

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