Elastography-The New Standard in the Assessment of Fibrosis After Pediatric Liver Transplantation?
Thomas KehlerDirk GrothuesKatja EvertJanka WahlenmayerBirgit KnoppkeMichael MelterPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2024)
2D-SWE can reliably detect children with significant liver graft fibrosis, even in split-liver recipients. This study demonstrates the value of a non-invasive tool for fibrosis staging after PLT. 2D-SWE has the potential to improve long-term outcomes after PLT and to reduce the number of surveillance liver biopsies. But elastography is not a substitute for liver biopsy.