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Evaluation of miRNA Expression in Pediatric Cirrhosis Caused by BA and PFIC

BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Liver cirrhosis is one of the most common causes of death for pediatric patients with cholestasis. Because microRNA (miRNA) plays a part in the pathogenesis of the disease, comparing the changes in miRNA expression in cholestatic patients with liver cirrhosis could be helpful for therapeutic or prognostic purposes.
Fatemeh Khosravi, Ramin Yaghobi, Afsoon Afshari, Nasrin Motazedian, Bita Geramizadeh, Tayebeh Kazemi, Seyed Mohsen Dehghani, Baisakhi Banerjee   +7 more
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Double Versus Single Hepatic Artery Anastomosis in Pediatric Left Liver Grafts: A Reassessment of Outcomes

Pediatric Transplantation, Volume 29, Issue 7, November 2025.
Our study of 489 pediatric living donor liver transplants demonstrated a low hepatic artery thrombosis rate of 1%. Age and cold ischemia time emerged as significant risk factors. Notably, performing a double hepatic artery anastomosis was safe but did not decrease the incidence of biliary complications such as strictures or leaks.
Carolina Magalhães Costa, Eduardo Antunes Fonseca, Renata Pereira Sustovich Pugliese, Marcel Ruiz Benavides, Karina Moreira de Oliveira Roda, Rodrigo Vincenzi, Nathália Rangel Porto Travassos, Debora Puzzi Fernandes, Gilda Porta, Irene Kazue Miura, Adriana Porta, Vera Baggio Danese, Teng Hsiang Wei, Fernanda do Carmo Iwase, Mônica Lúcia Rodrigues, Aline Falleiro Freitas, Eliene Novais Oliveira, Cristian Barbieri Victoria Borges, João Seda Neto   +18 more
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Relationships Between Histopathological Findings in the Liver and Prognosis in Patients With Biliary Atresia

Clinical Pathology, 2022
Background: Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive obstructive hepatic disease that requires early diagnosis and the prompt initiation of treatment. Although portoenterostomy (PES) is usually performed as the initial surgical procedure, the liver damage ...
Atsushi Higashio, Takako Yoshioka, Yutaka Kanamori, Akihiro Fujino, Yoshiki Morotomi, Toshihiko Shibata, Tatsuo Nakaoka   +6 more
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Current management of biliary atresia based on 35 years of experience at a single center

Clinics, 2018
OBJECTIVE: The prognosis of patients with biliary atresia undergoing Kasai portoenterostomy is related to the timing of the diagnosis and the indication for the procedure.
Wagner de Castro Andrade, Marcos Marques Silva, Ana Cristina Aoun Tannuri, Maria Merces Santos, Nelson Elias Mendes Gibelli, Uenis Tannuri   +5 more
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Neuropsychological development of children with biliary atresia after liver transplantation

Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2021
Background. In young children, the most common liver disease leading to transplantation is biliary atresia. Liver transplantation has fundamentally improved the survival rate of children with biliary atresia. Studies on developmental outcomes in children
A. V. Syrkina, I. E. Pashkova, A. R. Monakhov, O. V. Silina, E. V. Chekletsova, S. Yu. Oleshkevich, I. B. Komarova, O. M. Tsirulnikova   +7 more
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Primary antibiotic prophylaxis in biliary atresia did not demonstrate decreased infection rate: Multi‐centre retrospective study

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 114, Issue 3, Page 654-659, March 2025.
Abstract Aim This retrospective study aimed to assess the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics in preventing ascending cholangitis following Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE). Data from 72 patients treated across four tertiary centres in Israel from 2008 to 2018 were analysed.
Yael Brody, Mordechai Slae, Achiya Z. Amir, Yael Mozer‐Glassberg, Michal Bar‐Lev, Eyal Shteyer, Orith Waisbourd‐Zinman   +6 more
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Obliterative cholangiopathy in acquired cystic biliary atresia type III after cyst perforation: a case report

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background In biliary atresia, the disease process of obliterative cholangiopathy may begin in the perinatal period; however, no chronological evidence exists on how the cholangiopathy progresses to biliary obliteration.
Tsugumichi Koshinaga, Kensuke Ohashi, Kakou Ono, Hide Kaneda, Takeshi Furuya   +4 more
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Liver transplantation today [PDF]

, 1987
In summary, liver transplantation has truly come of age. To put things in perspective, the recipient waiting list at the University of Pittsburgh never includes fewer than 200 suitable candidates, and it continues to grow in spite of the fact that we are
Andreas Tzakis, Carlos O. Esquivel, Cuervas-Mons V, J. Wallis Marsh, Leonard Makowka, National Institutes of Health, Robert D. Gordon, Satoru Todo, Shunzaburo Iwatsuki, Starzl TE, Starzl TE, Thomas E. Starzl, Welch CS.   +12 more
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding and optimal prophylaxis methods in biliary atresia: A surveillance study in Japan

Pediatrics International, Volume 67, Issue 1, January/December 2025.
Abstract Background Vitamin K (VK) prophylaxis refers to the administration of VK to newborns to prevent neonatal VK deficiency bleeding (VKDB), which is characterized by intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). This study investigated the relationship between VK prophylaxis methods and VKDB in biliary atresia (BA).
Ryuji Okubo, Chiyoe Shirota, Motoshi Wada, Masato Shinkai, Hirofumi Tomita, Satoshi Umeda, Hiromu Miyake, Toshiharu Matsuura, Shigehisa Fumino, Akio Odaka, Taizo Hibi, Toshio Harumatsu, Akiko Yokoi, Tomoro Hishiki, Shigeru Ono, Kohei Matsushita, the Japanese Biliary Atresia Society   +16 more
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Postoperative Imaging Findings of Biliary Atresia

대한영상의학회지, 2022
The Kasai portoenterostomy is the first-line treatment for the restoration of the flow of bile to the small intestine in patients with biliary atresia.
Jisun Hwang, Hee Mang Yoon, Pyeong Hwa Kim, Jung-Man Namgoong, Seak Hee Oh, Ah Young Jung, Jin Seong Lee, Young Ah Cho   +7 more
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