Laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy is advantageous over open Kasai portoenterostomy in subsequent liver transplantation.

Chiyoe ShirotaNaruhiko MuraseYujiro TanakaYasuhiro OguraMasahiro NakatochiHideya KameiNobuhiko KurataAkinari HinokiTakahisa TainakaWataru SumidaKazuki YokotaSatoshi MakitaKazuo OshimaHiroo Uchida

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)

Jaundice-free native liver survival rate has been comparable between Open-PE and Lap-PE. Lap-PE resulted in fewer adhesions, contributing to better outcomes of subsequent LTx compared to Open-PE.

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minimally invasive
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adipose tissue
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