[PDF][PDF] Biliary atresia: Indications and timing of liver transplantation and optimization of pretransplant care

SS Sundaram, CL Mack, AG Feldman… - Liver …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive, fibro‐obliterative disorder of the intrahepatic and
extrahepatic bile ducts in infancy. The majority of affected children will eventually develop …

Survival and complication of liver transplantation in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Hou, X Wang, H Yang, S Zhong - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Modern surgical techniques and scientific advancements have made liver
transplant (LT) in infants feasible. However, there are only a small number of studies …

Association of gut microbiota and metabolites with disease progression in children with biliary atresia

W Song, LY Sun, ZJ Zhu, L Wei, W Qu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background and Aims Biliary atresia is the most common cause of liver disease and liver
transplantation in children. The accumulation of bile acids in hepatocytes and the stimulation …

Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure in children with biliary atresia awaiting liver transplantation

R D'Souza, T Grammatikopoulos… - Pediatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an acute decompensation of cirrhosis
complicated by other organ failure and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity …

Pediatric organ donation potential at a children's hospital

EE Bennett, J Sweney, C Aguayo… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To estimate the organ donation potential of patients dying at a children's
hospital. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: A free-standing, 271-bed, tertiary …

Variability of care and access to transplantation for children with biliary atresia who need a liver replacement

J de Ville de Goyet, T Illhardt, C Chardot… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background & Aims: Biliary atresia (BA) is the commonest single etiology indication for liver
replacement in children. As timely access to liver transplantation (LT) remains challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Liver transplantation for biliary atresia: A single-center study from mainland China

QG Li, P Wan, JJ Zhang, QM Chen… - World Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To summarize our single-center experience with liver transplantation (LT) for biliary
atresia (BA). METHODS: From October 2006 to December 2012, 188 children with BA were …

The association of human milk intake and outcomes in biliary atresia

MEM Tessier, JM Schraw, S Beer… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Human milk intake has many benefits which could influence outcomes in biliary
atresia (BA). However, the role of human milk in BA has not been examined. We …

Long-term outcome and necessity of liver transplantation in infants with biliary atresia are independent of cytokine milieu in native liver and serum

O Madadi-Sanjani, JF Kuebler, S Dippel, A Gigina… - Cytokine, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare disease of unknown pathogenesis in infants
characterized by an inflammatory, progressive destruction of the biliary system and …

Variability in age at Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia across US children's hospitals

JC Apfeld, JN Cooper, YV Sebastião, GM Tiao… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background/Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess variability in age at
Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) in infants with biliary atresia (BA) across children's hospitals in …