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The Prognosis of Type III Biliary Atresia with Hilar Cyst
Quan-Yuan Shan1, Bao-Xian Liu1, Zhi-Hai Zhong2
1Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Objective:
To compare the outcome of biliary atresia (BA) patients with and without hilar cyst on preoperative ultrasound.
Methods:
A single center retrospective review of patients of BA with (n = 27) and without hilar cyst (n = 27) over a 5 y period was done. The patients were analyzed using propensity score matching to reduce selection bias. All patients were diagnosed as type III BA by histologic examination and cholangiograms. Clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes were compared between the two groups.
Results:
There were no significant intergroup differences between baseline characteristics and outcomes after Kasai portoenterostomy surgery in two groups. BA with hilar cyst group showed comparable survival outcomes to the BA without cyst group (cumulative 1-y, 2-y and 5-y overall survival rates with native liver 61.4% vs. 65.8%, P = 0.041; 45.0% vs. 49.0%, P = 0.57; 45.0% vs. 49.0%, P = 0.57). And the Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed no significant difference in cumulative survival with native liver between the two groups (P = 0.58).
Conclusions:
Type III BA with hilar cyst had no better prognosis compared with Type III BA without cyst.
