Pre- and Immediate Post-Kasai Portoenterostomy Shear Wave Elastography for Predicting Hepatic Fibrosis and Native Liver Outcomes in Patients With Biliary Atresia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) for predicting hepatic fibrosis and native liver outcomes in patients with biliary atresia.

Materials and methods

This prospective study included 33 consecutive patients with biliary atresia (median age, 8 weeks [interquartile range, 6-10 weeks]; male:female ratio, 15:18) from Severance Children's Hospital between May 2019 and February 2022. Preoperative (within 1 week from surgery) and immediate postoperative (on postoperative days [PODs] 3, 5, and 7) ultrasonographic findings were obtained and analyzed, including the SWE of the liver and spleen. Hepatic fibrosis, according to the METAVIR score at the time of Kasai portoenterostomy and native liver outcomes during postsurgical follow-up, were

SUBMITTER: Yoon H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10157319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature