Treatment of biliary atresia: microsurgery for hepatic portoenterostomy.
Microsurgery was used for hepatic portoenterostomy as the treatment of biliary atresia in 46 patients whom we treated since 1972. The microscope had a higher power (eight or ten times) magnification. As for the results of the operative procedure with the microscope, of 46 patients, 32 (70 percent) showed satisfactory bile flow postoperatively.
D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*