Abstract Background and Aim There is increasing evidence of non‐invasive measurement
using elastography such liver stiffness (LS), spleen stiffness (SS), and LS‐spleen diameter …

Introduction: The gold standard to assess the presence and severity of portal hypertension
remains the hepatic vein pressure gradient, however the recent development of non …

The purpose of this study is to determine whether esophageal varices (EV) can be identified
through the evaluation of spleen stiffness (SSM) via acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) …

AIM To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan (FS) in detecting esophageal
varices (EV) in cirrhotic patients. METHODS Through a systemic literature search of multiple …

Platelet count to spleen diameter ratio (PSR) was studied extensively as a noninvasive
method of diagnosis for varices. The present study aimed to systematically assess the …

Abstract Purpose of Review The natural history and classification systems of small varices
(≤ 5 mm in diameter) in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension are summarized. Studies …

Background and purpose: Transient elastography (TE) has been shown to be a valuable
tool for the prediction of large esophageal varices. However, the conclusions have not been …

Materials and Methods: The literature search was conducted by using PubMed, EMBASE,
Web of Science, and CENTRAL on The Cochrane Library without time or language …

Background and Aims. A retrospective cross‐sectional study was conducted to evaluate the
role of hyaluronic acid (HA), laminin (LN), amino‐terminal propeptide of type III procollagen …

Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, Science Direct,
China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WeiPu, WanFang database, and Baidu Scholar to …