Histological assessment of bile lake formation after hepatic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia
Pediatric Surgery International, 2007Bile lakes develop after hepatic portoenterostomy in some patients with biliary atresia, and have been regarded as an indication of poor prognosis. We reported that bile lakes have no epithelium of the bile duct on their wall, and are surrounded by bile ducts; however, the mechanism of bile lake formation is little known. We investigated histologically
Takahisa, Tainaka +5 more
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The Kasai operation (hepatic portoenterostomy) for biliary atresia—Experience with 20 cases
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1979Twenty infants have undergone hepatic portoenterostomy at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Sigificant bile flow was obtained in six babies. No correlation was found between the size of the ducts in excised portal tissue and postoperative bile flow. Ascending cholangitis has not been a major problem.
R, Mustard, B, Shandling, J, Gillam
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Treatment of biliary atresia: microsurgery for hepatic portoenterostomy.
Surgery, 1976Microsurgery was used for hepatic portoenterostomy as the treatment of biliary atresia in 46 patients whom we treated since 1972. The microscope had a higher power (eight or ten times) magnification. As for the results of the operative procedure with the microscope, of 46 patients, 32 (70 percent) showed satisfactory bile flow postoperatively.
K, Suruga +4 more
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Morio Kasai Corrects the Uncorrectable: Hepatic Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia
Journal of Pediatric SurgeryOne of the fundamental innovations of pediatric surgery is hepatic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia, widely known as the Kasai procedure for its originator, Morio Kasai (1922-2008), of Sendai, Japan. It was the first effective operation for the "uncorrectable" form of biliary atresia, where death within months from biliary cirrhosis was certain ...
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Crucial points of our hepatic portoenterostomy
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1984K, Suruga +4 more
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[Portal hypertension after successful hepatic portoenterostomy in biliary atresia].
Nihon Geka Gakkai zasshi, 1996Sixty percent of 139 patients with biliary atresia who underwent hepatic portoenterostomy (Kasai operation) from 1965 to 1994 became jaundice-free after the operation. Portal hypertension, which was confirmed by endoscopic observation of esophageal varices and/or thrombocytopenia (less than 100 x 10(3)/mm3), developed in 50% of unicteric long-term ...
M, Saeki, T, Honna, M, Nakano, T, Kuroda
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CIPROFLOXACIN FOR CHOLANGITIS AFTER HEPATIC PORTOENTEROSTOMY
The Lancet, 1987HOUWEN, RHJ +2 more
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Epidural analgesia for patients undergoing hepatic portoenterostomy (Kasai procedure)
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2002C, Seefelder, C W, Lillehei
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Hepatic Portoenterostomy; Kasai Procedure
2019Rahul G. Baijal, Nihar V. Patel
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Intrahepatic Biliary Cysts Presenting before Hepatic Portoenterostomy in Biliary Atresia
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2006Emmanuel, Mas +3 more
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