Biliary atresia: 20–40-year follow-up with native liver in an Italian centre
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Filippo Parolini, Giovanni Boroni, Susanna Milianti, Luca Tonegatti, Andrea Armellini, Miguel Garcia Magne, Pierluigi Pedersini, Fabio Torri, Paolo Orizio, Stefano Benvenuti, Daniela Maria De Previde Prato, Daniele Alberti
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Abstract
Introduction
Biliary atresia (BA) represents the leading indication for liver transplantation in childhood. Only few studies reported the outcome of patients who survived more than 20 years on their native liver, and up to date there are no Italian data available. We reported our 40-year single centre experience with long-term follow-up of BA patients.
Materials and methods
All consecutive patients who underwent Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) for BA managed at our Institution between 1975 and 1996 were retrospectively reviewed. Native liver (NLS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed with Kaplan-Meyer curves and LogRank test. A p value of
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