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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 21
| Issue : 2 | Page : 66-71 |
The extended Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia: A preliminary report
Priya Ramachandran1, Mohamed Safwan2, Sankaranarayanan Srinivas3, Naresh Shanmugam4, Mukul Vij2, Mohamed Rela4
1 Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Global Health City; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation; National Foundation for Liver Research, India
2 Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Global Health City, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Global Health City; National Foundation for Liver Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Priya Ramachandran
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, 12 A Nageshwara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 034, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.176941
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 procedure. Materials and Methods: Since 2013, we have used the technique of "extended KPE" and prospectively recorded data on all children undergoing this operation. Data on demographics, clinical features, liver function tests, and perioperative cholangiogram findings were collected. Outcome of KPE was measured by Jaundice Disappearance Rate (JDR) and Native Liver Survival Rate (NLSR). We present our preliminary results from a 30-month period (February 2013 to May 2015). Results: Thirty-one children underwent KPE during this period (19 males) and only 1 child had biliary atresia splenic malformation (BASM). The mean age at KPE was 73 24 days. Five (16.1%) children were more than 90 days old at the time of KPE. Fourteen children cleared jaundice (JDR 45.2%). Eleven (35.5%) children developed episodes of cholangitis, of whom 8 had early cholangitis (within 3 months of the operation). The proportion of children who survived with their own liver 6 months after KPE (NLSR) was 84.2%. Of those children older than 90 days, 2 cleared jaundice and have survived with their native livers for more than 16 months. Conclusion: In our preliminary report of 31 children, we conclude that the extended KPE leads to increased jaundice clearance and improved NLSR in children with BA.
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