Outstanding feasibility of spleen stiffness measurement by 100‐Hz vibration‐controlled transient elastography

• Published in: JGH open Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 387 - 392
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaofeng, Wang, Haiyu, Xie, Xinpeng, Song, Jiankang, Zhang, Yuanjian, Zhou, Damei, Wu, Qiaoping, Tai, Jiaoyu, Huang, Jing, Cheng, Xiao, Li, Junying, Gu, Yixiu, Chen, Jinjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01.05.2023; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Alcohol; Body mass index; Brief Report; Brief Reports; chronic liver disease; Embolization; Fatty liver; Hepatitis; Hypertension; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Observational studies; Patients; ratio of interquartile range to median; Spleen; spleen stiffness measurement; SSM@100 Hz; Success; Ultrasonic imaging; vibration‐controlled transient elastography; chronic liver disease; vibration‐controlled transient elastography; ratio of interquartile range to median; spleen stiffness measurement; SSM@100 Hz

This novel spleen‐dedicated FibroScan has high success rate and is easy to operate. The spleen stiffness is correlated with liver stiffness, which reflects the liver fibrosis stage. However, whether SSM is able to reflect the severity of liver disease warrants further observation.