# Morio Kasai

> Morio Kasai was a Japanese surgeon who had a strong interest in pediatric surgery. While Kasai went into practice at a time when pediatric surgery was not an established subspecialty, much of his clinical and research work was related to the surgical care of children. He is best known for devising a surgical procedure, the hepatoportoenterostomy, to address a life-threatening birth defect known as biliary atresia. The modern form of the operation is still known as the Kasai procedure.

*Japanese pediatric surgeon*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1922-09-29
- **Died:** 2008-09-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Morio Kasai was a Japanese surgeon who had a strong interest in pediatric surgery. While Kasai went into practice at a time when pediatric surgery was not an established subspecialty, much of his clinical and research work was related to the surgical care of children. He is best known for devising a surgical procedure, the hepatoportoenterostomy, to address a life-threatening birth defect known as biliary atresia. The modern form of the operation is still known as the Kasai procedure.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Morio Kasai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Kasai)
- [Kasai Morio](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasai_Morio)
- [Morio Kasai](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Kasai)
- [موريو كاساي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A)
- [葛西森夫](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%9B%E8%A5%BF%E6%A3%AE%E5%A4%AB)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15437548)

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