Biliary atresia and the Kasai operation

[摘要] Biliary atresia has been the most disappointing lesion to treat among those congenital anomalies theoretically amenable to surgical correction. With a flurry of reports of a "new" or "Japanese" operation for biliary atresia with as high as 80% success if done early enough, it is important to review some aspects of the state of our knowledge.The Japanese operation should properly be called the Kasai operation. It is not new; Dr. Mario Kasai had done his first successful operation before he was my resident 16 years ago. The patient is 17 years postoperative; I have seen him, and he is well.

[学科分类] 儿科学