Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis With 2D-Shear Wave Elastography

A total of 253 patients with CHB and inactive HBsAg carriers as well as a control group of 30 healthy individuals were included in the study between January 2019 and October 2020. Liver stiffness measurements with 2D-SWE, fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) and aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) scoring and additional liver biopsy in patients with CHB were performed in all cases with the help of the propagation map. Depending on the degree of fibrosis, liver stiffness was measured again at 24 and 48 weeks in patients who received antiviral therapy. Spearman rank correlation test was used for analysing correlation between variables, and receiver operating curve analysis was used to evaluate diagnostic performance in terms of fibrosis.