Michael Praktiknjo

TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective multicentre study investigated the use of Shear-Wave elastography of the liver (L-SWE) as a promising tool to diagnose portal hypertension.

TL;DR: Chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin is the current standard for patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma and local photodynamic therapy has also demonstrated benefit in patients with extrahepatic cholangsiocARCinoma.

TL;DR: It is shown for the first time that AD boosts collagen type III deposition in experimental and human Cirrhosis, possibly contributing to the worsened outcome in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

TL;DR: TIPS placement is feasible for prevention of variceal rebleeding in the majority of cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis and that it is more effective than endoscopic band ligation plus propranolol, but the prothrombotic milieu (platelet and plasmatic coagulation) has not been investigated to date.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that VCX stent grafts underdilated to 8 mm do not passively expand to nominal diameter and suggests reduced hospital readmissions because of hepatic encephalopathy, uncontrolled ascites, and heart failure, and improved 1-year survival compared with underdilation VTS.