%0 Journal Article %T Predictive value of spleen stiffness in hepatocellular carcinoma %A Buechter, Matthias %A Kahraman, Alisan %J Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition %D 2019 %B 2019 %9 %! Predictive value of spleen stiffness in hepatocellular carcinoma %K %X In their Letter to the Editor, Wei et al . address on the role of spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) for predicting the late recurrence (>24 months post-surgery) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after resection (1). They comment on a recently published manuscript by Marasco and colleagues, who could show that spleen stiffness measured by transient elastography was the only predictor of late HCC recurrence after surgery (2). %U https://hbsn.amegroups.org/article/view/29721 %V 9 %N 1 %P 101-102 %@ 2304-389X