title: A comparison of spur valve and percutaneous enterostomy in Roux-Y portoenterostomy for biliary atresia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare the advantages and disadvantages of two procedures: Roux-Y with enterostomy and Roux-Y with spur valve in the treatment of biliary atresia. METHODS: Twenty-four patients with biliary atresia underwent hepatic portoenterostomy with percutaneous jejunal enterostomy (Group A) and 24 patients underwent Roux-Y with antireflux spur valve (Group B). Clinical data were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: Ten patients remained alive in the Group A. Among them, 9 survived without jaundice, the oldest one being 9-years old. One of the 9 patients had portal hypertension. The remaining one who survived with jaundice and portal hypertension was 8-years old at follow up. Ten patients in the Group B remained alive. Of them, 8 survived without jaundice and 2 with jaundice. CONCLUSIONS: Two surgical procedures had similar effects in preventing reflux cholangitis, while spur valve has the benefit of quitting cutaneous enterostomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Juncheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guisheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li