Ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis of biliary atresia in pediatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biliary atresia (BA) is one of the most fatal hepatobiliary diseases in infants and young children, and is easy to cause obstructive jaundice in infants and children, and liver transplantation in children. BA and infantile hepatitis syndrome are the main causes of cholestatic jaundice. The early clinical manifestations are extremely similar, and timely identification is difficult. Therefore, early and differential diagnosis of BA is crucial. At present, there are many imaging diagnosis methods for BA, such as ultrasound examination and nuclear magnetic resonance. Ultrasound elastography (USE) is the most popular method. However, the application of USE in BA is still in the exploratory stage.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9173880 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature