Abstract:Purpose Retrospectively evaluating the biliary atresia (BA) - related ultrasound (US) and clinical indictors and exploring the feasibility of surgical shunting for neonatal cholestasis (NC) with a simplified two-step strategy: clinical indicators and US evaluation.
Methods A total of 152 infants were enrolled and divided into BA group (80 cases) and non-BA group (72 cases). Their detailed US signs, clinical features and laboratory tests were collected, and their diagnostic performances were compared.
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