Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia: Long-Term Survival and Prognosis after Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-9

  Van Heurn, L W Ernest ^a,b   Saing, Htut ^a,b   Tam, Paul K H ^a,b  

^a Queen Mary Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bile flow; Biliary atresia; Bilirubin; Esophageal bleeding; Kasai operation; Liver failure; Portoenterostomy; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

AGE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE FLOW; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0347662616     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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