Surgical Intervention Combined with Steroid Therapy on Persistent Jaundice in Infantile Hepatitis
- VernacularTitle:手术结合激素治疗婴儿肝炎综合征持续性黄疸
- Author:
chun-qiang, DONG
;
yi-ge, LUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hepatitis;
surgical procedure;
adrenal cortex hormones;
jaundice;
infant
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2006;0(20):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of surgical intervention combined with steroid therapy on infantile hepatitis(INS) with persistent jaundice.Methods Twenty-two patients (19 males,3 females,aged 2-6 months) with persistent jaundice(therapy group) were admitted into hospital in the period of Jan.2007-Dec.2008.The patients were performed with surgical intervention after they were confirmed with diagnosis as INS.Then,sodium chloride,gentamicin and Dexamethasone were used to irrigate the biliary tract during and after the operation for 14 days.Three days after operation,20 mg,15 mg,10 mg,5 mg of methylprednisolone were administered intravenously to the patients every 3 days,followed with 4 mg/(kg?d) prednisone by oral for 2-3 months.The 17 cases of INS with persistent jaundice were treated with medicine as control(control group).By following-up,the jaundice free and 2 years survival rate of 2 groups were compared by counting the cases of jaundice free and recording the survival time.Results Two cases of 22 patients performed with surgical intervention were diagnosed as biliary atresia and others were INS,90.0% patients were free of jaundice in surgical intervention combined with steroid therapy group,which was higher than that in control group(52.9%,P
