TRADITIONAL TREATMENT OF BILIARY ATRESIA
The first course of action to treat Biliary Atresia is a Kasai Procedure, or heptaportoenterostomy, a surgery created by Dr. Morio Kasai. Essentially, during a Kasai procedure, the surgeon removes the infected child’s gall bladder, and using a piece of the duodenum (the first ten inches of the small intestine) the surgeon connects the small intestine to the liver, creating a new common bile duct, or rather a new passageway, through which bile can flow. However, this procedure is not a curative measure in fighting the disease. On the contrary, the procedure is only meant to maintain the child’s health a liver can be procured for transplantation.
Welcome to ellasliver.com. This site was created by friends and family of Ella Watson to celebrate her as our an amazing sister, friend and extraordinarily gifted artist and to support her as she battles a serious, and life-threatening liver disease.
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