Hepatoportoenterostomy

Hepatoportoenterostomy
Intraoperative view of complete biliary atresia.
Other namesKasai portoenterostomy
ICD-10-PCS0F194ZB
ICD-9-CM51.37

A hepatoportoenterostomy or Kasai portoenterostomy is a surgical treatment performed on infants with Type IVb choledochal cyst and biliary atresia to allow for bile drainage. In these infants, the bile is not able to drain normally from the small bile ducts within the liver into the larger bile ducts that connect to the gall bladder and small intestine.[citation needed]