Inguinal Hernias Represent the Most Frequent Surgical Complication after Kasai in Biliary Atresia Infants

Table 1

Frequency of congenital anomalies in biliary atresia patients according to syndromic manifestation of the disease.

Congenital anomalies	Syndromic BA (%)	Nonsyndromic BA (%)	value
Number of patients (%)	7 (4.6%)	146 (95.4%)	—
Cardiovascular anomaly	6 (85.7%)	23 (15.8%)	<0.001
Gastrointestinal anomaly	4 (57.1%)	10 (6.8%)	0.001
Genitourinary anomaly	2 (28.6%)	2 (1.4%)	0.010
Pulmonary anomaly	1 (14.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0.090
Situs inversus	2 (28.6%)	—	0.002
Splenic anomaly	4 (57.1%)	—	<0.001