Early cholangitis after portoenterostomy in children with biliary atresia

• Main Authors: Priya Ramachandran (Author), Mohamed Safwan (Author), Muthukrishnan Saravana Balaji (Author), Ashitha K Unny (Author), Anis Akhtarkhavari (Author), Vidya Tamizhvanan (Author), Mohamed Rela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims and Objectives: Biliary atresia (BA) is a cholangiodestructive disease of the biliary tree. The first line of treatment is a Kasai portoenterostomy (PE) following which patients may develop cholangitis. We studied the effect of early cholangitis on the outcome of PE, namely jaundice clearance a...