Clinical Study
Improved Outcome of Biliary Atresia with Postoperative High-Dose Steroid
Table 2
Outcome of children receiving low-dose steroid and high-dose steroid.
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Note: (1) Twelve children in the low-dose steroid group and 7 in the high-dose group were lost to follow-up after 12 months and were included in the analysis of the postoperative bilirubin level and incidence of cholangitis but not in the analysis of survival with native liver rates. (2) Jaundice-free: direct bilirubin <20 µmol/L. |