Prognostic implications of bile lakes after surgery for biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2165-2168

  Inoue, Yumi ^a   Kato, Yoshifumi ^a   Tamura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ichikawa, Satoko ^a   Lane, Geoffrey J ^a   Yamataka, Atsuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile lake; Biliary atresia; Cholangitis; Liver transplantation; Portoenterostomy; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILE; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449129837     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.039     Document Type: Article

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