Long-term follow-up of biliary atresia using liver transient elastography

F Yeung, ACH Fung, PHY Chung, YY Chu… - Pediatric Surgery …, 2022 - Springer
Objective Liver transient elastography (TE) using FibroScan® has gained popularity as a
non-invasive technique to assess hepatic fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness. This study …

Assessment of native liver fibrosis using ultrasound elastography and serological fibrosis indices in children with biliary atresia after the Kasai procedure

J Hwang, HM Yoon, KM Kim, SH Oh… - Acta …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Validated non-invasive examinations are necessary to monitor liver fibrosis in
children with biliary atresia (BA) after the Kasai procedure. Purpose To evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of liver fibrosis by Fibroscan as compared to liver biopsy in biliary atresia

QL Shen, YJ Chen, ZM Wang, TC Zhang… - World Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To evaluate liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using non-invasive transient
elastography (Fibroscan) in comparison with liver biopsy for assessment of liver fibrosis in …

The combination of conventional ultrasound and shear-wave elastography in evaluating the segmental heterogeneity of liver fibrosis in biliary atresia patients after …

W Zhou, X Li, N Zhang, B Liao, X Xie, X Zhang… - Pediatric Surgery …, 2021 - Springer
Objective To retrospectively assess the value of the combination of conventional ultrasound
and shear-wave elastography (SWE) in evaluating the segmental heterogeneity of liver …

Transient elastography for predicting esophageal/gastric varices in children with biliary atresia

V Chongsrisawat, P Vejapipat, N Siripon… - BMC …, 2011 - Springer
Background Transient elastography (TE) is an innovative, noninvasive technique to assess
liver fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness in patients with chronic liver diseases. The purpose …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation of Transient Elastography and Progression of Cirrhosis in Longterm Survivors of Biliary Atresia

W Srisuwan, W Laochareonsuk… - Siriraj Medical …, 2021 - he02.tci-thaijo.org
Objective: This study aimed to use transient elastography (TE) to evaluate the correlation
between liver stiffness measure (LSM) and functional status of native liver in longterm follow …

Points to be considered when applying FibroScan S probe in children with biliary atresia

S Kim, Y Kang, MJ Lee, MJ Kim, SJ Han… - Journal of pediatric …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: With the introduction of smaller probes (S1, S2), the use of transient
elastography has been expanded to children. Accordingly, we aimed to address points of …

Hepatic fibrosis scan for liver stiffness score measurement: a useful preendoscopic screening test for the detection of varices in postoperative patients with biliary …

HK Chang, YJ Park, H Koh, SM Kim… - Journal of pediatric …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Even after successful Kasai portoenterostomy, progressive hepatic fibrosis in
postoperative patients with biliary atresia (BA) can be associated with portal hypertension …

Transient elastography is useful in diagnosing biliary atresia and predicting prognosis after hepatoportoenterostomy

JF Wu, CS Lee, WH Lin, YM Jeng, HL Chen, YH Ni… - Hepatology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
We investigated the utility of transient elastography (TE) for diagnosing biliary atresia (BA) in
cholestatic infants and predicting the outcome of BA. Forty‐eight cholestatic infants (9‐87 …

Liver fibrosis in biliary atresia

AB Haafiz - Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
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 …