In order to observe the absorption of the fat solube vitamine afer operative treatment of the congenital biliary dilation(CBD),the plasma fat soluble vitamin A,D and E were determined in 57 cases of CBD at the postoperative stage and 51 cases of normal children as control.The normal values of vitamin A,D and E was 576.25±170.93ng/ml,13.21±2.20ng/ml and 7.34±1.96ng/ml respectively in control group versus 501.59±120.64ng/ml, 11.66±1.81ng/ml and 6.16±1.18ng/ml respectively in the postoperative group of CBD.The differences were significant for a long period of about 10 years,and gradually disappear after that to approach or near the normal level.Therefor,the radical operation of CBD may affect the absorption of the fat soluble vitamins.
Twenty five children with congenital biliary dilatation were treated with hepatico-jejuno-duodenostomy following excision of choledochal cysts between 1983 and 1985. The age ranged from two months to eleven years. The last follow-up ranged from 6-9 years (mean 7.5 years). All patients were free of jaundice with normal growth and development and none had peptic ulcer. The results from the last follow-up was better than that of the first one. This procedure was safe, effective and physiologically appealing.