Post-hepatoportoenterostomy Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography to Predict Two-year Outcome of Biliary Atresia.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Early identification of prognostic factors to predict transplant/death outcome of biliary atresia (BA) is challenging. We aimed to investigate the longitudinal changes and predictive value of dynamic changes in acoustic radiation force impulse elastography with shear wave speed (SWS) quantification and other parameters within three months after hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) for 2-year BA outcomes.

Methods

Seventy-four patients who underwent HPE between July 2016 and June 2019 were prospectively enrolled. Outcomes were classified into native liver survival and transplant/death groups. Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography was performed sequentially at 3 months intervals post-HPE. Cox regression analysis was used to determine the superior SWS values

SUBMITTER: Zhao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10037517 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature