COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GALACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST AND LAPAROSCOPIC FINDINGS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES

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Comparative study was carried out on galactose tolerance test and laparoscopic findings in chronic liver diseases. Eighty-seven patients with chronic liver diseases were classified according to laparoscopic findings as reported by Shimada and coeditors. Galactose tolerance test, known as a test for functional reserve mass of the liver, correlated with laparoscopic findings and histological findings. Fatty changes and cholestasis in biological data and histological findings, known as an interferential factor for the test of ICG, had no interference in the estimation of galactose tolerance test. Laparoscopic findings and galactose tolerance test were correlated with clinical course and histological changes, suggesting that galactose tolerance test was significant as well as laparoscopic findings for the estimation of the prognosis and histological changes in patients with chronic liver diseases.
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