Transient elastography is an ultrasound-based ... stiffness (in kilopascals). Normal liver stiffness is reported to be in the range of 4–6 kPa, whereas in cirrhosis the levels are generally ...

An ultrasound may also reveal other changes, such as the enlargement of certain lobes of the liver, ascites, or cirrhosis. Ascites is the medical term for fluid collecting in the abdomen ...

A diagnosis of cirrhosis was made on the basis of clinical, biochemical, ultrasound and endoscopic evidence and, wherever possible, by liver biopsy when prothrombin time permitted it to be performed.

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) ...

Though it causes no permanent damage, NAFLD can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can result in ...

A Cleveland Clinic study reveals that bariatric surgery significantly reduces the risk of serious liver complications in ...