Stem cell therapy may boost liver health in infants with biliary atresia
Therapy using stem cells derived from donor umbilical cords may help improve outcomes in infants with biliary atresia who have undergone standard Kasai surgery,…
Biliary atresia
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Biliary atresia overview: What you need to know
Biliary atresia is a rare liver disease affecting infants, in which the ducts that carry the digestive fluid bile from the liver to the small intestine are blocked.
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Biliary atresia management and treatment options
The first-line treatment for biliary atresia, a disorder in which certain bile ducts outside the liver are blocked or absent, typically is a surgical procedure called a Kasai portoenterostomy, which aims to restore the normal flow of bile in the patient’s body.
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Better to have Kasai surgery before liver transplant for biliary atresia
For infants with biliary atresia, undergoing standard Kasai surgery — a procedure to restore the flow of the digestive fluid bile in the body…
