{"id":40910,"date":"2026-05-14T14:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=40910"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:30:27","slug":"liver-failure","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/liver-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Liver Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy-nbsp\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is\u00a0a therapeutic technology\u00a0that could transform the\u00a0quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients\u00a0with\u00a0liver failure.\u00a0This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces&nbsp;one therapeutic effect that&nbsp;is&nbsp;being evaluated&nbsp;currently on a large animal model. The use of high frequency thermal ablation is being tested to see if it can control&nbsp;bleeding&nbsp;which simulates trauma to the liver.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of&nbsp;liver damage are limited, so this could be an alternative to existing options.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is noninvasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It can be&nbsp;repeated,&nbsp;if necessary.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials-nbsp\">Clinical Trials&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of&nbsp;liver failure.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website&nbsp;search&nbsp;information for the above trials. If you click\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Liver%20Failure&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec&amp;viewType=Card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for&nbsp;liver failure&nbsp;is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers-nbsp\">Notable Papers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall F, Eisenbrey JR, Tam A, Contreras K, Maxwell A,&nbsp;Vlaisavljevich&nbsp;E, Liu JB, Kuon Yeng Escalante C, Siu Xiao T, Mohammed A, Forsberg F, Goldberg A, Koenig G.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40611378\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Contrast-enhanced\u202fultrasound-guided\u202fhigh\u202fintensity\u202ffocused\u202fultrasound treatment of grade 4 liver lacerations in a swine model.<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Dec 1;99(6):955-961.&nbsp;doi: 10.1097\/TA.0000000000004737.&nbsp;Epub&nbsp;2025 Jul 4.&nbsp;PMID:\u202f40611378&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=%28%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU%29+and+%22liver%22and+%22trauma%22&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong> for\u00a0additional\u00a0references from PubMed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[21],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[14],"class_list":["post-40910","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-gastrointestinal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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