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Kasai

portoenterostomy

• Most accepted primary treatment for biliary
atresia

• Excision of extrahepatic fibrous cord (slung

by the blue vessel loop) followed by bilio-

enteric anastomosis

• Successful biliary drainage from 40% to 80%
only

• HKU: 82.1% at post-Kasai 6 months

Chung et al. JPCH (in press)