title: [Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in diagnosis of biliary atresia].
abstract: The differential diagnosis between neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia in the newborn is difficult and has therapeutic implications. Despite important advances in diagnostic tools, 10-20% of newborns with jaundice remain without definitive diagnosis. In recent years ERCP has played a decisive role in achieving definitive anatomic diagnosis, thus avoiding unnecessary exploratory laparotomy. We present our experience with ERCP using a pediatric duodenoscope in 18 newborns with inconclusive diagnoses of neonatal cholestasis.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wengrower
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Granot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ben-Sirah
mesh_terms: D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn