Effect of combined ursodeoxycholic acid and glucocorticoid on the outcome of Kasai procedure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Medicine
Jian-Li QiuHua Xu

Abstract

Multiple studies have investigated the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) or glucocorticoid (GC) on the outcome of the hepatoportoenterostomy (Kasai procedure) in patients with biliary atresia (BA). However, the combined effect of these drugs (UDCA + GC) is little understood. This meta-analysis specifically evaluated the effect of UDCA + GC after the Kasai procedure in patients with BA. A comprehensive literature search was conducted for all relevant articles in the electronic databases Medline, PubMed, Cochrane, Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database on Disc (CBM-disc), and Vendor Information Pages (VIP). Eight studies with BA patients were finally included in our meta-analysis. The 8 identified studies consisted of 3 case-control, 3 cohort, and 2 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with overall 530 subjects (144, 152, and 234 subjects, respectively). Among them, 312 patients were treated with UDCA + GC, while 218 received placebo or other intervention. The meta-analysis indicated that groups that received UDCA + GC had significantly lower rates of postoperative jaundice relative to the controls (pooled, odds ratio [OR] = 2.41; 95% confidence...Continue Reading

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