Hepatobiliary scintigraphy after hepatic portoenterostomy.
Hepatobiliary scintigraphy with 99mTc-E-HIDA was carried out in 10 patients who had undergone hepatic portoenterostomy for "non-correctable" biliary atresia. In all the patients there was an active bile flow and disappearance of jaundice, post-operatively. Elimination of 99mTc-E-HIDA from the liver was slow during the first 3 post-operative months despite active bile flow and disappearance of jaundice. The elimination rate of the radioactive agent from the liver in most long-term survivors was comparable with findings in controls.
D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging