A Modification of Hepatic Portoenterostomy (Kasai Operation) for Biliary Atresia

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 548-553

  Hashimoto, Takashi ^a   Otobe, Yoshihiro ^a   Shimizu, Yasunobu ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuya ^a   Nakamura, Tsukasa ^a   Hayashi, Shusaku ^a   Matsuo, Yoichi ^a   Sato, Mikinori ^a   Manabe, Tadao ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PROGNOSIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICS; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURING METHOD; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROGNOSIS; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031297008     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(97)00104-x     Document Type: Article

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