Abdominal Surgery

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(Third of Three Parts)LiverBiliary AtresiaKasai et al. initiated a novel approach several years ago when they achieved unusual success in the treatment of biliary atresia by hepatoportoenterostomy.168 Campbell has noted that the Japanese series now totals 215 patients, with a 43 per cent cure rate for infants undergoing the operation before three months of age and 7 per cent after three months.169 Bill has observed that the disease is not congenital but is essentially a hepatitis with a component of sclerosing cholangitis of the extrahepatic ducts.170 , 171 He believes operation must be carried out before three months of . . .