The most common gastroenterology procedure performed in 2023 was a liver elastography, according to November data from Definitive Healthcare, which will cost patients an average of $134. 8. Esophageal ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Interest in transient elastography is growing beyond its role in staging liver fibrosis to cardiology because of the relationship between hepatic dysfunction and HF. Recent work has shown that liver ...

A research group led by Dr. Daisuke Tokuhara, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine and Dr. Yuki Cho have found that the conventional methods of ...

Large PBC cohort shows current liver stiffness measurement >10 kPa predicts hepatic decompensation, outperforming biochemical response or LSM trajectory. Learn more ...