Use of liver stiffness measurement for liver resection surgery: correlation with indocyanine green clearance testing and post-operative outcome.

<h4>Background</h4>Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using transient elastography has recently become available for the assessment of liver fibrosis. Whether LSM can predict the functional liver reserve in patients undergoing liver resection is not certain.<h4>Aim</h4>To corr...

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Main Authors: James Fung, Ronnie T P Poon, Wan-Ching Yu, See-Ching Chan, Albert C Y Chan, Kenneth S H Chok, Tan-To Cheung, Wai-Kay Seto, Chung-Mau Lo, Ching-Lung Lai, Man-Fung Yuen
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/91e13935388241ac85e4a9adccfbe75b
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