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However, sequelae of chronic liver disease might affect those children, becoming a later risk for NLS. While liver transplantation is inevitable in the majority of children, various salvage procedures have been recently described to maintain NLS. This article provides a comprehensive overview of procedures performed after KPE to prolong NLS in BA patients from early childhood to late adulthood and discusses their indications and limitations.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n               Methods\u2003A literature-based search for surgical and radiological interventions performed in BA patients after KPE to prolong NLS (salvage procedures) was performed using PubMed. Data from case reports, retrospective studies, and registries were included.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n               Results\u2003Fifteen studies included 794 patients who underwent post-KPE salvage procedures. The Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine levels were IIc to IV.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Interventions included redo-Kasai's (n\u2009=\u2009710) for cessation of bile flow post-KPE, surgical and radiological procedures (n\u2009=\u200914) for bile lakes, and recurrent cholangitis, shunt surgery (n\u2009=\u200949), and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (n\u2009=\u200921) for portal hypertension in BA patients. Age at the time of salvage interventions varied considerably, including redo-Kasai's at 27 days of life and percutaneous biliary interventions in a 35-year-old.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n               Conclusion\u2003Salvage procedures can maintain NLS after KPE in BA patients with disease sequelae. However, indications remain scarce and liver transplantation is ultimately unavoidable in the majority of patients. While redo-Kasai numbers are globally decreasing with the advances in liver transplantation, procedures for bile lakes and portal hypertension can be viable options for patients with complications but otherwise stable liver function. Discussion on those procedures should be held by multidisciplinary expert teams, involving pediatric hepatologists, pediatric surgeons, and transplant surgeons to elaborate on the potential of maintaining NLS or proceeding with transplantation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2507-8270","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,24]],"date-time":"2024-12-24T19:03:17Z","timestamp":1735066997000},"page":"261-268","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Optimizing Post-Kasai Management in Biliary Atresia: Balancing Native Liver Survival and Transplant Timing"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Omid","family":"Madadi-Sanjani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marie","family":"Uecker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, 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