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The approval was based on data from the LEGACY study, a single-arm, retrospective trial that evaluated treatment with TheraSphere Y90 glass microspheres in 162 patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
Bariatric surgery is associated with significant reductions in the risks for any cancer and obesity-related cancer in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients with severe obesity.
Investigators assessed whether a recently implemented policy was associated with changes in travel distance for organ recovery and number of organ imports and exports.
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has issued a clinical practice update regarding bariatric surgery in cirrhosis.
Investigators summarized past and current research on the diagnosis and treatment of NASH to encourage development of noninvasive testing for the disease.
Maralixibat is an oral apical sodium dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) inhibitor.
Researchers sought to determine the safety and efficacy of terlipressin plus albumin in adults with HRS-1.
Investigators compared the incidence of nonanastomotic biliary strictures in patients receiving a liver obtained after circulatory death that had undergone hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion or conventional static cold storage.
Investigators analyzed the liver biochemistries of patients infected with different human coronaviruses.
There is a need for interventions to increase HCC surveillance in patients with cirrhosis due to a high proportion of late-stage detection.
Researchers assessed the prevalence of liver fibrosis in patients with HFpEF and the relationships of these biomarkers in predicting clinical outcomes of patients.
The researchers’ objective was to determine the prevalence of HCV antibodies among MSM with and without HIV, as well as factors associated with HCV infection among MSM.
All five patients were hospitalized but have since recovered.
Adult patients anticipating liver transplantation could benefit from the selective use of three-tiered cardiac risk stratification protocol.
A team of investigators conducted a study to estimate the global prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in overweight and obese adults.
A team of investigators sought to assess the effectiveness of transient elastography vs liver biopsy to rule out compensated advanced chronic liver disease in patients undergoing alcohol detoxification.
Researchers aimed to estimate the prevalence of liver fibrosis and factors associated with it in people living with HIV compared with those in a control group.
A team of investigators evaluated the performance of adult-based criteria for predicting common bile duct stones in children.
A team of researchers sought to determine whether rifaximin prevents overt hepatic encephalopathy after placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
A team of investigators sought to better understand the interethnic clinical, biochemical, and histologic differences in the prevalence of NAFLD and NASH.
