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Transient Elastography in Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

NCT01441453 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2011-09-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether liver transient elastography performed before the surgical procedure is able to predict liver failure in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

FibroScan (Transient Elastography measurement)

Preoperative evaluation of liver stiffness through FibroScan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matteo Cescon, MD, PhD · Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Italy

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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