Currently, there Is a widely held but unsubstantiated perception that infants with biliary atresia and co-existing polysplenia uniformly fall Kasai operations; referral for transplantation should ...

Liver samples from eight patients with BA at the age of 2 mo (64 ± 17 d) during Kasai operation represented early-stage obstructive cholestasis. Liver samples from eight BA patients aged 8 to 15 ...

The remainder had various modifications of the Kasai operation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Survival, liver function, complications, growth, and development. RESULTS: The 6 patients who did not have a ...