Biliary atresia is a rare cholestatic liver disease that presents in infants and rapidly advances
to death in the absence of intervention. As a result of blockage or destruction of the biliary …

Biliary atresia is the most common cause of end‐stage liver disease in the infant and is the
leading pediatric indication for liver transplantation in the United States. Earlier diagnosis (< …

BACKGROUND. Increased age at surgery has a negative impact on results of the Kasai
operation for biliary atresia in infancy and early childhood. It remained unclear if an age …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prognostic factors and optimal approaches to the diagnosis
and management of biliary atresia, the leading indication for liver transplantation in children …

To define the long‐term prognosis of children undergoing the Kasai operation for biliary
atresia, a retrospective study was undertaken comprising 271 patients operated between …

Biliary atresia (BA) remains an enigmatic disease with a degree of etiologic heterogeneity. A
number of variants can be defined clinically, and these include the syndromic group …

Objective: The goals of this study were to describe the clinical and anatomic features of
infants undergoing Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) for biliary atresia (BA) and to examine …

Objective To evaluate the incidence, trends, seasonality, and age at the time of
hepatoportoenterostomy (Kasai procedure) for biliary atresia in the US. Study design The …

The etiology and pathogenesis of bile duct obstruction in children with biliary atresia are
largely unknown. We have previously reported that, despite phenotypic heterogeneity …

OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that risk analysis from the time of listing for liver
transplantation (LT) focuses attention on areas where outcomes can be improved. STUDY …