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This study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of ELF and other NITs in predicting significant and advanced liver fibrosis in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This prospective cohort study was performed in a tertiary care academic institute in India. All patients underwent standard pre-operative workup according to the institute protocol. Pre-operative NIT values were determined, which included ELF, liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by FibroScan, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index and fibrosis-4 index. The fibrosis stage was graded based on findings of the liver biopsy performed intraoperatively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>On liver biopsy, significant fibrosis was present in 13 (33.3%) patients, while advanced fibrosis was present in 7 (17.9%) patients. ELF accuracy improved with fibrosis severity (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve: 0.7\u20130.9), with best performance for \u2265F3 (85.7% \u2013 sensitivity, 82.8% \u2013 specificity and negative predictive value [NPV] \u2013 96%). LSM demonstrated high sensitivity (83%\u201395%) but lower specificity, with consistently high NPV (88.9%\u201395.6%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ELF score and LSM demonstrated good diagnostic accuracy to identify liver fibrosis in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Multi-centre studies involving larger sample sizes are needed for optimisation of ELF cut-off values to predict liver fibrosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jmas.jmas_242_26","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]],"date-time":"2026-08-28T15:00:26Z","timestamp":1787929226000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Utility of enhanced liver fibrosis and other non-invasive tests in detecting liver fibrosis in patients undergoing bariatric surgery"],"prefix":"10.4103","author":[{"given":"Ritvik","family":"Chekuri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saksham","family":"Gagal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical 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