Long-term Results and Quality of Life Assessment in Biliary Atresia Patients: A 35-Year Experience in a Tertiary Hospital

Objectives: To review long-term transplant-free survival and quality of life (QOL) of patients with biliary atresia (BA). Methods: A retrospective study reviewing all patients with Kasai operation between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2015 was performed to evaluate the transplant-free survival. Subgroup analysis of patients older than 20 years was carried out to assess the QOL using the Short Form-36 Health Survey and incidences of disease-related complications. Comparison between patients with native and transplanted liver was performed using two-tailed independent samples t-test (P value 

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