A New Era of Laparoscopic Revision of Kasai Portoenterostomy for the Treatment of Biliary Atresia
Table 1
The data of open and laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy with biliary atresia.
Open Kasai
Lap-Kasai
value
Sex (male), (%)
26 (40%)
3 (25%)
0.32
Age at Kasai (days)
66 (32–144)
53 (41–77)
0.002
Weight (g)
4600 (2164–6755)
4273 (3804–5942)
0.36
Tbil concentration before Kasai (mg/dL)
7.5 (3.9–23.6)
6.7 (4.7–11)
0.078
Operation time (min)
281 (163–395)
307 (253–448)
0.036
Blood loss (mL)
50 (5–363)
25 (5–58)
0.002
Disappearance of jaundice after Kasai, (%)
41 (63.1%)
8 (66.7%)
0.43
Revision of Kasai portoenterostomy, (%)
20 (30.1%)
4 (33.3%)
0.86
Status at the last followup, (%)
Survive with native liver
41 (63.1%)
11 (91.7%)
Survive with LT
23 (35.4%)
1 (8.3%)
Died
1 (1.5%)
0
Values are presented as the (%) or median (range). . Kasai: Kasai portoenterostomy; Lap: laparoscopic; Tbil: total bilirubin; LT: liver transplantation.
