🔥 7. FibroScan vs Liver Biopsy

FibroScan

• Non-invasive

• Measures liver stiffness

• Quick and painless

• No hospitalization

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Liver Biopsy

• Invasive procedure

• Tissue sample taken

• More detailed diagnosis

• Higher risk

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Which is better?

• FibroScan → screening and monitoring

• Biopsy → selected complex cases

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Current practice

👉 FibroScan is widely used as first-line assessment