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  • Title: Anatomy of the porta hepatis as a basis for extended hepatoporto-enterostomy for extrahepatic biliary atresia--a new surgical technique.
    Author: Schweizer P, Kirschner H, Schittenhelm C.
    Journal: Eur J Pediatr Surg; 2001 Feb; 11(1):15-8. PubMed ID: 11370976.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: Reports on long-term survival rates after Kasai's HPE reveal that 23% of patients are healthy ten and more years after surgery. Therefore we studied again the anatomy and histology of the porta hepatis and the portal tracts in order to improve this surgical procedure. METHODS: Autopsied livers of 6 children with and 6 without EHBA were investigated with regard to the topographical and histological anatomy of the major intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts. RESULTS: On the basis of anatomical findings we have modified the conventional Kasai's HPE and developed an extended exploration of the porta hepatis. The procedure and surgical technique is described in this paper.
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