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Liver stiffness measurement predicts the difficulty of Kasai procedure in biliary atresia: a single center retrospective analysis of 199 patients

BACKGROUND: Kasai procedure is the standard initial treatment of infants with biliary atresia. The key to perform a successful surgery is to accurately remove the fibrous portal plate near the liver hilum. Yet how to estimate surgical difficulty pre-operatively remains unclear. This study aims to de...

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Autores principales: Shen, Qiulong, Chen, Yajun, Peng, Chunhui, Pang, Wenbo, Wang, Zengmeng, Wu, Dongyang, Wang, Kai, Huang, Xinjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6883583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31779592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1846-3