The need for early Kasai portoenterostomy: a Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium study

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate factors impacting transplant-free survival among infants with biliary atresia. Methods A multi-institutional, retrospective cohort study was performed at nine tertiary-level children’s hospitals in the United States. Infants who underwent Kasai po...

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Published in:	Pediatric surgery international Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 193 - 199
Main Authors:	Kelley-Quon, Lorraine I., Shue, Eveline, Burke, Rita V., Smith, Caitlin, Kling, Karen, Mahdi, Elaa, Ourshalimian, Shadassa, Fenlon, Michael, Dellinger, Matthew, Shew, Stephen B., Lee, Justin, Padilla, Benjamin, Inge, Thomas, Roach, Jonathan, Marwan, Ahmed I., Russell, Katie W., Ignacio, Romeo, Fialkowski, Elizabeth, Nijagal, Amar, Im, Cecilia, Azarow, Kenneth S., Ostlie, Daniel J., Wang, Kasper
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2022 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Age Biliary Atresia - surgery Cholangitis Consortia Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act 1996-US Hospitals Humans Infant Liver Transplantation Liver transplants Medical prognosis Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Original Article Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Portoenterostomy, Hepatic Retrospective Studies Steroids Surgery Thoracic surgery Treatment Outcome Variables Liver transplant Kasai portoenterostomy Biliary atresia Transplant-free survival
ISSN:	0179-0358, 1437-9813, 1437-9813
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