Advances in pediatric surgery
- Volume 7 Issue 2
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- Pages.95-104
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- 2001
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- 2635-8778(pISSN)
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- 2635-8786(eISSN)
Clinical Course of Transferred Patients for Operation Under the Impression of Biliary Atresia
담도폐쇄증 의심하에 수술을 위해 전원된 환자의 임상 경과 분석
- Jung, Poong-Man (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
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Lee, Jong-In
(Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
- Published : 2001.12.30
Abstract
Biliary atresia (BA) is very difficult to distinguish from neonatal hepatitis (NH) and its prognosis depends on the age at the time of Kasai operation. Therefore early differentiation between these two conditions is very important. Although various clinical and laboratory tests have been reported to differentiate between them, they are still of limited value. From 1980 to 1999, forty-five infants were referred to our pediatric surgical unit for operation for suspected BA. Eight patients underwent Kasai operation immediately because of late diagnosis. These were excluded from the study. The clinical history, physical findings. radiologic and laboratory examinations of 37 cases were analyzed retrospectively. The average age of BA (n=20) was