The extended Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia: A preliminary report

• Main Authors: Priya Ramachandran (Author), Mohamed Safwan (Author), Sankaranarayanan Srinivas (Author), Naresh Shanmugam (Author), Mukul Vij (Author), Mohamed Rela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Aims: In 1955, Professor Morio Kasai first performed a hepatic portoenterostomy. Since then, the procedure has changed the lives of children with biliary atresia (BA). We report our initial experience in performing "extended" Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE), a modification of the original pro...