Impact of age at Kasai operation on short- and long-term outcomes of type III biliary atresia at a single institution

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2361-2363

  Nio, Masaki ^a   Sasaki, Hideyuki ^a   Wada, Motoshi ^a   Kazama, Takuro ^a   Nishi, Kotaro ^a   Tanaka, Hiromu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at operation; Biliary atresia; Kasai operation; Long term outcome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BILIARY ATRESIA; ENTEROSTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649748241     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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