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ArticlePediatric surgery international2024

Assessment of the utility of two-dimensional shear wave elastography and superb microvascular imaging in postoperative patients with biliary atresia.

Satoru Oita, Miki Toma, Koji Hirono, Takayuki Masuko, Toru Shimizu, Sakika Shimizu, Kojiro Miyajima, Nobuyoshi Asai, Toshihiro Yanai

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Satoru OitaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan. z5m1019@gmail.com.
Miki TomaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Koji HironoDepartment of Pediatric Ultrasound Diagnostic and Training Center, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Takayuki MasukoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Toru ShimizuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Sakika ShimizuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Kojiro MiyajimaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Nobuyoshi AsaiDepartment of Pediatric Ultrasound Diagnostic and Training Center, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.
Toshihiro YanaiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, 3-3-1 Futabadai, Mito City, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan.

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purposeWe aimed to investigate whether prediction of liver fibrosis using two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) and vascular tree grading using superb microvascular imaging (SMI) are useful for postoperative follow-up in patients with biliary atresia (BA).

methodsWe retrospectively collected data from medical records of 134 patients who underwent ultrasound examination with 2D-SWE or SMI, including 13 postoperative patients with BA and 121 non-BA patients. We investigated the distribution of liver stiffness values with SWE and vascular tree grading with SMI and evaluated correlations between these findings and biochemical indices of liver fibrosis in postoperative BA patients.

resultsThe SWE values of the BA group were not significantly different from that of any other disease groups in non-BA patients. In postoperative BA patients, SWE values correlated significantly with aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (Spearman rank correlation coefficient [r

conclusion2D-SWE appears to be useful for follow-up in postoperative BA patients.

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Biliary AtresiaElasticity Imaging TechniquesLiver CirrhosisChildChild, PreschoolFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantLiverMaleMicrovesselsPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PeriodRetrospective StudiesBiliary atresiaLiver fibrosisShear wave elastographySuperb microvascular imagingUltrasound

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