Hepatic magnetic resonance elastography: can it be an alternative to invasive biopsy preceding living donor liver transplantation?

Hepatic magnetic resonance elastography: can it be an alternative to invasive biopsy preceding living donor liver transplantation?

Abstract Background Recently, the living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) surgery is employed as the treatment of choice for end-stage chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. The role of liver biopsy in donor’s selection protocol for adult living liver donors (LLDs) candidates is a poi...

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Main Authors: Rania Essam-el-dein Mohamed, Mohamed A. Amin, Hazem M. Omar, Hossam Eldeen M. Soliman, Hazem Zakaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Magnetic resonance elastography
Living donors
Liver transplantation
Biopsy
Liver
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00324-w

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