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Surgical care
Surgical treatment is mainly directed towards abnormalities of the liver and the heart. Patients with severe pruritis from the cholestasis may need liver transplantation so are those with impaired liver functions. In addition, those born with biliary atresia, which is the absence of a part or the whole biliary tree may need a special operation called Kasai operation to establish bile flow.
Heart conditions including septal defects and valvular problems may need cardiothoracic surgery to repair such defects. In addition, long term follow-up following any procedure is mandatory to monitor the condition.
