SynthesisBMC medical imaging2020
Accuracy of real-time shear wave elastography in staging hepatic fibrosis: a meta-analysis.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Diagnostic performance and clinical utility of shear-wave elastography in musculoskeletal soft-tissue tumors: a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Intestinal Ultrasound in the Detection of Intra-Abdominal Complications in Crohn's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Hepatic Stiffness.Reviews on recent clinical trials · 2024Pooled it
- Can Ultrasound Elastography Be Used as an Objective Measure in Tonsillectomy Indications?Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring subclinical median nerve biomechanical changes in elderly rheumatoid arthritis patients with nerve ultrasound and shear wave elastography: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Evaluation of liver fibrosis using diffusion-weighted virtual magnetic resonance elastography and ultrasound elastography.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Improving Effectiveness of Liver US Shear-Wave Elastography Using a Quality Improvement Framework.Radiology · 2025Article
- Two-Dimensional and Point Shear-Wave Elastography to Predict Esophageal Varices and Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Redox Homeostasis and Non-Invasive Assessment of Significant Liver Fibrosis by Shear Wave Elastography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Staging liver fibrosis: comparison of radiomics model and fusion model based on multiparametric MRI in patients with chronic liver disease.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- Can Surgeons Reliably Identify Non-cirrhotic Liver Disease During Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery?Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Simplified Criteria to Assess Long-Term Antiviral Treatment Indication in Chronic HBV-Infected Pregnant Women in Cambodia.Viruses · 2024Article
- Current status of preoperative risk assessment for posthepatectomy liver failure in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2023Review
- Diagnostic Performance of 2D Shear Wave (2D-SWE) for Liver Fibrosis in Adults Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Accuracy Rate of Shear Wave Elastography in Detecting the Liver Fibrosis in Overweight and Obese Children with Hepatosteatosis.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Shear-wave elastography for evaluation of hepatic stiffness in chronic viral hepatitis B and C.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2023Article
- Liver fibrosis assessment: MR and US elastography.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2022Review
- Evaluation of ultrasound point shear wave elastography reliability in an elasticity phantom.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Shear Wave Elastography in the Evaluation of Renal Parenchymal Stiffness in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2022Article
- Association between liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography and chronic kidney disease.Medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic liver disease (CLD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality and can lead to hepatic fibrosis. This study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic value of real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) in the assessment of hepatic fibrosis.
methodsA systematic search of databases was performed for publications on SWE during the period between 2010 and 2017. The identified studies were analyzed using Meta-disc 1.4 software to integrate and analyze the data.
resultsEleven studies comprising 1560 patients were included for analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic odds ratio were 0.85 (95% CI: 0.82-0.87), 0.79 (95% CI: 0.76-0.82) and 30.81 (95% CI: 16.55-57.34), respectively for patients with a Metavir-score of ≥ F2; 0.87 (95% CI: 0.84-0.91), 0.84 (95% CI: 0.82-0.87), 41.45 (95% CI:18.25-94.45), respectively for patients with ≥ F3; 0.88(95% CI: 0.83-0.91), 0.91 (95% CI: 0.89-0.92), 67.18 (95% CI:30.02-150.31), respectively for patients with ≥ F4. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the three groups were 0.9147, 0.9223 and 0.9520, respectively.
conclusionsOur work demonstrates that SWE is highly accurate for detecting and staging hepatic fibrosis.
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