Patients with obstructive jaundice scheduled for biliary drainage
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age =or >20 (2) Obstructive jaundice scheduled for biliary drainage (3) Providing written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who have chronic hepatic disease (2) Patients who have diffuse liver tumors by imaging test (3) Patients who have acute cholangitis (4) Patients who are not expected to be improved regarding jaundice (5) Evanescent jaundice (6) Patients who cannot undergo the measurement by abdominal ultrasonography (7) Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy (8) Difficult measurement by the shear wave elastography (9) Patients who was judged inappropriate by a principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes of dispersion slope values before and after biliary drainage | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology