Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 W Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA, 19129, USA.
The Center for Liver Disease, Tower Health Transplant Institute, 420 S 5th Ave, West Reading, PA, 19611, USA.
Obes Surg. 2020 Dec;30(12):5108-5116. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-05002-4. Epub 2020 Sep 26.
Transient elastography (TE) is a non-invasive technology that demonstrates promise in assessing liver steatosis and fibrosis without the risks of traditional percutaneous liver biopsy. Many studies have examined its reliability in respect to liver biopsy, but fewer have examined using TE in obese and bariatric surgery patients. With evidence showing that bariatric surgery can lead to improvement of liver steatosis and fibrosis, TE has the potential to provide a simple avenue of hepatic assessment in patients before and after procedures. This review article investigates what is known about the reliability of TE and its implementation in obese and bariatric surgery patients.
瞬时弹性成像（TE）是一种非侵入性技术，在评估肝脂肪变性和纤维化方面具有很大的潜力，且没有传统经皮肝活检的风险。许多研究已经检查了其与肝活检的可靠性，但使用 TE 检查肥胖和减肥手术患者的研究较少。有证据表明减肥手术可以改善肝脂肪变性和纤维化，因此 TE 有可能为手术前后的患者提供一种简单的肝脏评估途径。这篇综述文章研究了 TE 的可靠性及其在肥胖和减肥手术患者中的应用的已知情况。
