Liver Stiffness Values in Persons with Normal Histology.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Most studies to date have focused on liver stiffness measurement (LSM) in patients with different chronic liver diseases, and normal LSM is defined based on normal liver function tests or the absence of fibrosis. Very few studies have defined LSM based on completely normal liver biopsies. The current study was done to define the distribution of LSM values in individuals with normal liver biopsies.

Methods

All prospective liver donors presenting to Medanta, the Medicity hospital between September 2020 and September 2021 fulfilling the eligibility criteria were included in this study.

Results

A total of 63 donors (36 females and 27 males) were included in the study, 37 (58.7%) donors had normal liver biopsies, and 26 (41.2%) donors showed the presenc

SUBMITTER: Sharma D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9840077 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature