Infants with biliary atresia who show some signs of recovery after undergoing standard Kasai surgery — a procedure to restore the flow of the…
Biliary atresia
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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.
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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Children and young adults with biliary atresia or Alagille syndrome more frequently experience oral problems and poor oral hygiene than their healthy peers,…
