Accuracy of Controlled Attenuation Parameter for Assessing Liver Steatosis in Individuals With Morbid Obesity Before Bariatric Surgery.
Federica TavaglioneAntonio De VincentisVincenzo BruniIda Francesca GalloSimone CarottiDario TuccinardiGiuseppe SpagnoloEster CiociolaRosellina Margherita MancinaOveis JamialahmadiRossella D'AlessioBruna BottazziSilvia ManfriniAntonio PicardiGiuseppe PerronePaolo PozzilliMarco CaricatoUmberto Vespasiani-GentilucciStefano RomeoPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
In individuals with morbid obesity, CAP measured by XL probe is an accurate non-invasive tool for grading liver steatosis. Measurement of liver fat content by CAP may help identify those eligible for bariatric procedures and estimate the effect of bariatric surgery on hepatic steatosis.