Clinical Study

A New Era of Laparoscopic Revision of Kasai Portoenterostomy for the Treatment of Biliary Atresia

Table 4

Time required for hepatectomy during liver transplantation in patients who underwent Kasai portoenterostomy.

Kasai procedureNumber of patients with LTTime required for hepatectomy during LT (min)P value

Open KasaiWithout open revision, 214 (141–290)0.036
With open revision, 269 (144–370)

Lap-KasaiWith Lap-revision, 121

Values are presented as the median (range).
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Kasai: Kasai portoenterostomy; revision: revision of Kasai portoenterostomy; Lap: laparoscopic; LT: liver transplantation.