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Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series

BACKGROUND: Although liver biopsy is an easy procedure for hospitalized patients and outpatients, some complications may occur. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficiency, complications, safety and clinicopathological utility of ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous liver biopsy in diffuse liver disease....

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Autores principales: Cakmakci, Emin, Caliskan, Kosti Can, Tabakci, Omer Naci, Tahtabasi, Mehmet, Karpat, Zeki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348609
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.13184
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author Cakmakci, Emin
Caliskan, Kosti Can
Tabakci, Omer Naci
Tahtabasi, Mehmet
Karpat, Zeki
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Caliskan, Kosti Can
Tabakci, Omer Naci
Tahtabasi, Mehmet
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description BACKGROUND: Although liver biopsy is an easy procedure for hospitalized patients and outpatients, some complications may occur. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficiency, complications, safety and clinicopathological utility of ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous liver biopsy in diffuse liver disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In our retrospective study, we evaluated ultrasound-assisted needle biopsies that were performed in outpatients from October 2006 to July 2010. The liver biopsies were performed following one-night fasting using the tru-cut biopsy gun (18-20 gauge) after marking the best seen and hypovascular part of the liver, distant enough from the adjacent organs. RESULTS: A total of 1018 patients were referred to our radiology department. Most of the patients had hepatitis B (60.6%). The biopsy specimens were recorded and sent to our pathology department for histopathological examination. CONCLUSION: According to the results of our series, percutaneous liver biopsy using the tru-cut biopsy gun guided by ultrasonography can be performed safely. We resolve that routine ultrasound of the puncture site is a quick, effective and safe procedure. The complication rate is very low. The US-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy should be used for all cases.
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spelling pubmed-38579862013-12-12 Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series Cakmakci, Emin Caliskan, Kosti Can Tabakci, Omer Naci Tahtabasi, Mehmet Karpat, Zeki Iran J Radiol Vascular & Interventional Radiology BACKGROUND: Although liver biopsy is an easy procedure for hospitalized patients and outpatients, some complications may occur. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficiency, complications, safety and clinicopathological utility of ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous liver biopsy in diffuse liver disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In our retrospective study, we evaluated ultrasound-assisted needle biopsies that were performed in outpatients from October 2006 to July 2010. The liver biopsies were performed following one-night fasting using the tru-cut biopsy gun (18-20 gauge) after marking the best seen and hypovascular part of the liver, distant enough from the adjacent organs. RESULTS: A total of 1018 patients were referred to our radiology department. Most of the patients had hepatitis B (60.6%). The biopsy specimens were recorded and sent to our pathology department for histopathological examination. CONCLUSION: According to the results of our series, percutaneous liver biopsy using the tru-cut biopsy gun guided by ultrasonography can be performed safely. We resolve that routine ultrasound of the puncture site is a quick, effective and safe procedure. The complication rate is very low. The US-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy should be used for all cases. Kowsar 2013-08-30 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3857986/ /pubmed/24348609 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.13184 Text en Copyright © 2013, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iranian Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Cakmakci, Emin
Caliskan, Kosti Can
Tabakci, Omer Naci
Tahtabasi, Mehmet
Karpat, Zeki
Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series
title Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series
title_full Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series
title_fullStr Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series
title_short Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Guided with Ultrasonography: A Case Series
title_sort percutaneous liver biopsies guided with ultrasonography: a case series
topic Vascular & Interventional Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348609
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.13184
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