Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage tube insertion for treatment of afferent loop obstruction in a pregnant woman after Kasai portoenterostomy

• Main Authors: Ken-ichiro Konishi (Author), Kan Suzuki (Author), Makoto Komura (Author), Hiroki Kudo (Author), Tetsuya Ishimaru (Author), Masahiko Sugiyama (Author), Hiroaki Komuro (Author), Tadashi Iwanaka (Author), Jun Fujishiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Afferent loop obstruction (ALO) is a rare complication of Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) for biliary atresia. A 23-year-old Japanese woman who had undergone KPE with Roux-en-Y reconstruction for biliary atresia at age 42 days experienced intermittent abdominal pain during pregnancy. From computed tomo...