TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH ATRESIA OF THE BILE DUCTS (CASE-HISTORIES)

The article describes two cases of children operated on for the biliary atresia (BA) on days 56 and 33 of their life. One child after the Kasai surgery had liver transplantation at the age of 1 year and 2 months because of the deterioration of his liver synthetic function which was manifested by the clotting factor deficiency. Another child (5-month old) does not need any transplantation at present. The article defines “red trackers” for the immediate examination of a child for biliary atresia.