Kasai portoenterostomy: 12-year experience with a novel adjuvant therapy regimen

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1324-1328

  Stringer, Mark D ^a   Davison, Suzanne M ^a   Rajwal, Sanjay R ^a   McClean, Patricia ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Corticosteroids; Kasai portoenterostomy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PHENOBARBITAL; RANITIDINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 34547801202     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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