[Hepatic elastography. Position paper of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology]

Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Aug-Sep;34(7):504-10. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2011.05.008. Epub 2011 Jul 23.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

This document provides a detailed description of the position of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology on the accuracy and utility of elastography in the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis. The document was written by a group of experts in chronic liver diseases and liver transplantation and reflects the consensus reached on the methodology and indications of transient elastography. This document was reviewed and presented in an abbreviated form at the XX Congress of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology and included on the website http://www.scdigestologia.org/index.php?link=docs_posicio.

Publication types

  • Consensus Development Conference
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques* / economics
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques* / instrumentation
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques* / methods
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Hepatitis C / complications
  • Humans
  • Learning Curve
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity