The profession, not the media, should assess where Kasai portoenterostomy should be performed

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EDITOR—The Children's Liver Disease Foundation recently published its report into the treatment of infants with biliary atresia by Kasai portoenterostomy.1This was covered in the BBC's news programme Northwest Tonight and in Trust Me, I'm a Doctor on 26 February. The report advocates that Kasai portoenterostomy should be performed only in centres that can produce outcome figures equivalent to those produced by group C in the table. Furthermore, the …