Liver stiffness in obese patients: First experience using the novel XL probe for vibration-controlled transient elastography
作者
E Durango,Gunda Millonig,HK Seitz,Sophia Mueller
出处
期刊:Zeitschrift Fur Gastroenterologie [Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)] 日期:2010-08-01卷期号:48 (08)
标识
DOI:10.1055/s-0030-1263787
摘要
Aims: Measurement of liver stiffness (LS) by vibration-controlled transient elastography [VCTE/Fibroscan] is limited in patients with obesity and ascites. We here test and compare the recently developed more powerful XL probe versus the conventional M probe.