Does liver appearance predict histopathologic findings: prospective analysis of routine liver biopsies during bariatric surgery

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-328

  Dolce, Charles J ^a   Russo, Mark ^a   Keller, Jennifer E ^a   Buckingham, Jay ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a   Gersin, Keith S ^a   Kuwada, Timothy S ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Laparoscopy; Liver biopsy; NAFLD; NASH; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67349271289     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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