Real-world Multi-institutional Data From the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium (MWPSC) to Assess the Effect of Delayed Kasai Procedure on Biliary Drainage in Patients With Biliary Atresia
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Zishaan A. Farooqui, Stephen J. Hartman, Alyssa E. Stetson, Emily J. Schepers, Karen E. Speck, Samir K. Gadepalli, Kyle J. Van Arendonk, Christina Georgeades, Dave R. Lal, Katherine J. Deans, Peter C. Minneci, Jordan C. Apfeld, Jacqueline M. Saito, Grace
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Early Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) for infants with biliary atresia (BA) increases the chance of transplant-free survival (TFS). However, early timing of KPE is not consistently achieved in the United States. Clearance of jaundice at three months is predictive of TFS. Among a cohort of patients with BA, we investigated institutional variability in the initiation of hyperbilirubinemia evaluation and operative timing to identify factors associated with successful jaundice clearance.
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