Patient's question:
The little baby is two years old this year. A few days ago, he wasn't feeling well, so I took him to the hospital for a check-up. The hospital diagnosed that the child had biliary atresia and said it was type three. The doctor said that after the surgery, the child would be fine. I want to ask, what are the usual types of biliary atresia?Doctor's answer:
Hello! Biliary atresia is one of the most important digestive surgical diseases in pediatric surgery and also the most common indication for pediatric liver transplantation. Typical cases involve full-term infants, most of whom show no abnormalities, with normal stool color. Jaundice generally becomes apparent gradually 2-3 weeks after birth, and in some cases, jaundice appears in the first few days of life and is initially misdiagnosed as physiological jaundice. According to clinical treatment needs, biliary atresia is divided into three types: extrahepatic biliary atresia, hepatic biliary atresia, and hilar biliary atresia.