Without early recognition and Kasai procedure, biliary atresia (BA) results in liver cirrhosis and leads to\neither transplantation or death at a young age. We aimed to characterize the liver histopathological findings for\nprediction of cirrhosis and survival in BA patients after Kasai surgery.\nMethods: We retrospectively reviewed all histopathological results for BA patients who underwent liver biopsy\nduring Kasai surgery from August 2012 to December 2018 in Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.\nResults: Fifty infants with BA were ascertained in our study, of whom 27 were males and 23 were females. The\nmedian age of Kasai procedure was 102.5 days (interquartile range (IQR), 75.75-142.25 days). There were 33 (66%)\nand 17 (34%) BA patients with and without liver cirrhosis, respectively, while the overall survival was 52%. The\npatients with a severe bile duct proliferation, severe ....................
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