Question
Does a baby with congenital biliary atresia have a chance of cure at six months of age?
Answer
Congenital biliary atresia is a severe condition, and most patients will die within a year due to liver failure if not surgically treated. The only treatment option is surgery. Among these, the Kasai procedure has been proven to be an effective treatment and has become the standard surgical approach for treating congenital biliary atresia. Since Professor Kasai successfully completed the world’s first Kasai procedure for congenital biliary atresia, the patient has survived for 28 years. Since then, the Kasai procedure has been widely accepted and has become the standard method for treating this disease.