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Biliary atresia (BA) is a relatively rare obstructive condition of the bile ducts causing neonatal jaundice that first appeared as a distinct entity in the Edinburgh Medical Journal in 1891. The concept of “correctable” and “noncorrectable” forms was introduced in…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Despite the first successful surgical treatment for correctable biliary atresia (BA) being reported in 1928, very few patients with correctable BA survived long term. In 1959, Professor Kasai…