Sharma Charu, Borkar Nitinkumar, Kalla Revanth, Ashwin C, Kathrani Nihar
Department of Paediatric Surgery, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2025 May-Jun;30(3):422-423. doi: 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_286_24. Epub 2025 Apr 14.
Hepatic artery branch dissection is a lesser-known complication after biliary atresia surgery. The presentation is massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and rapid drop in hemoglobin levels. We present a 6-week-old infant with biliary atresia who had dissection of a branch of the right hepatic artery which was managed by angioembolization.