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Laparoscopic cholecystcholangiography in a patient with biliary atresia
H Yamamoto1, M Yoshida, S Ikeda
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
A 24-day-old female newborn with persistent jaundice and acholic stool was diagnosed by laparoscopic cholecystcholangiogram. A catheter was inserted through a small incision at the fundus of the gallbladder. With definitive diagnosis of biliary atresia, laparotomy was performed, and Kasai's operation was carried out successfully.