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  • Title: Long-term follow-up for anicteric survival with native liver after redo Kasai: a first report.
    Author: Nakamura H, Kawano T, Yoshizawa K, Nakajima H, Suda K, Koga H, Nakame K, Ieiri S, Takamizawa S, Urushihara N, Yanai T, Yamataka A.
    Journal: J Pediatr Surg; 2016 Dec; 51(12):2109-2112. PubMed ID: 27680596.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: We present a first report of the long-term follow-up of biliary atresia (BA) patients who became anicteric with the native liver (ANL; total bilirubin <1.5mg/dL) after redo-Kasai. METHODS: Forty-six redo-Kasai cases (1984-2015) were the subjects for this study. ANL ratios were determined using the Kaplan-Meier estimate. RESULTS: BA type was I (n=3), II (n=1), and III (n=42). Mean ages (initial/redo) at Kasai were 60.3/231.9days, respectively. Jaundice persisted after the initial Kasai in 24/46 cases while 22 had recurrence of jaundice after initially becoming anicteric. After redo, 5/24 of the persistent jaundice cases and 14/22 of the initially anicteric cases became anicteric (p<.05). Of these 19, 7 (one type I, six type III) are currently ANL while the remaining 12 had LTx or died. Morbidity/Complications documented in the 7 post-redo ANL cases after a mean follow-up of 16.7years (range: 10.0-31.1) included 4 episodes of cholangitis, 3 episodes of portal hypertension, 4 episodes of esophageal varices, 3 episodes of splenomegaly, one splenectomy, and 4 episodes of thrombocytopenia. CONCLUSIONS: Ours is the first long-term follow-up study of redo-Kasai cases. We found that the ANL ratio after redo-Kasai was low at 7/46 (15.2%) and that ANL were prone to multiple morbidity. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Retrospective comparative study, level III.
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