Long-Term Outlook in Biliary Atresia

The oldest survivors from the Kasai portoenterostomy originate in Sendai, Japan and are approaching their 60th birthday. These represent the tip of an expanding cohort of adults born with this previously fatal condition. Increasingly transition to adult-biased hepatologists and physicians will be the expectation of many with this condition. However unlike their usual patients with alcohol, drugs, virally-mediated liver disease these are different with different expectations of health and quality of life.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Source Type: research