TY - T1 - Outcomes of biliary atresia in the Nordic countries - a multicenter study of 158 patients during 2005-2016 SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/304168 T3 - A1 - Nordic Pediat Surg Study Consortiu A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - Background/purpose: Biliary atresia is the most common reason for newborn cholestasis and pediatric liver transplantation. Even after normalization of serum bilirubin after portoenterostomy, most patients require liver transplantation by adulthood due to expanding fibrosis. We addressed contemporary outcomes of biliary atresia in the Nordic countries. Methods: Data on center and patients characteristics, diagnostic practices, surgical treatment, adjuvant medical therapy after portoenterostomy, f... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Clearance of jaundice; Liver transplantation; Portoenterostomy; Steroids; Survival; Ursodeoxycholic acid; TRANSPLANT-FREE SURVIVAL; KASAI PORTOENTEROSTOMY; LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; SINGLE-CENTER; NATIVE LIVER; LONG-TERM; INFANTS; CHILDREN; HEPATOPORTOENTEROSTOMY; 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology N1 - PP - ER -