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 …

Background: Hepatic abnormalities have been well documented among patients post-
Fontan surgery for complex congenital heart disease. Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a recognized …

We investigated noninvasive follow‐up markers for histologic liver fibrosis and portal
hypertension (PH) in patients with biliary atresia after successful portoenterostomy (PE) …

Introduction Biliary atresia (BA) is a cholestatic hepatopathy caused by fibrosing destruction
of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts, and its etiology has not been clearly revealed. In …

Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cholestatic liver disorder requiring liver
transplantation in children. Hepatic fibrosis is not only a universal and prominent feature of …

BACKGROUND: The Pringle maneuver is a common method to avoid blood loss during liver
resection. This method, however, leads to an ischemic-reperfusion injury of the liver. The …

Objective Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive fibroinflammatory liver disease. Autotaxin
(ATX) has a profibrotic effect resulting from lysophosphatidic acid activity. The purpose of …

Purpose Various prognostic predictors for biliary atresia (BA) have been identified. This
study aimed to evaluate the serial changes in the preoperative and postoperative ubiquitous …

Abstract Purpose The Mac-2-binding protein glycosylation-modified isomer (M2BPGi) is a
new marker for progression of hepatic fibrosis. We examined the relationship between …

Purpose Biliary atresia (BA) is characterized by progressive liver fibrosis, but it is difficult to
assess the progression after the patient develops cirrhosis. Mac-2-binding protein …