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Long-term prophylactic intravenous antibiotics after Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia do not reduce the risks of post-operative cholangitis, a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Postoperative cholangitis (PC) is the most common and serious complication of biliary atresia (BA) patients post-Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE). The duration of prophylactic intravenous antibiotics (IVA) after KPE varies with no clear consensus. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to...

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Autores principales: Guan, Xi-Si, He, Qiu-Ming, Zhong, Wei, Yu, Jia-Kang, Wang, Zhe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8429870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584878
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tp-21-309