The accurate preoperative evaluation of liver fibrosis stage is important in determining surgical procedures. Although percutaneous liver biopsy is the gold standard, it may cause undesirable complications, such as bleeding. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of real-time tissue elastography for the preoperative assessment of liver fibrosis stage.
Department of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Medicine, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
