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Appropriateness of Liver Biopsy [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000
This review aims to discuss the appropriateness of liver biopsy in two frequent liver diseases, hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease. The medical literature, published between 1965 and 1999, was reviewed by using MEDLINE. Only 0.1% of the publications
Thierry Poynard, Vlad Ratziu, Pierre Bedossa   +2 more
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Diagnostic Utility of Liver Biopsy in Persistent Unexplained Liver Enzyme Elevation: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

JGH Open
Background and Aims Chronically elevated liver enzymes without a clear etiology remain a frequent diagnostic challenge. This study evaluated the diagnostic yield of liver biopsy in such cases and assessed if laboratory parameters predict histological ...
S. Jaawan, A. Krämer, R. Masri, A. Neesse, V. Ellenrieder, A. Amanzada, P. Ströbel, F. Bremmer, G. Petzold   +8 more
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Usefulness of Spleen Index and Alkaline Phosphatase Level for Predicting Post‐Liver Biopsy Bleeding [PDF]

JGH Open
Aims The significance of liver biopsy is increasing with an increase in chronic liver disease and gene panel testing. Although non‐invasive methods such as elastography and biomarkers assess liver fibrosis, biopsy remains the definitive diagnostic gold ...
Hirohito Takeuchi, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Tatsuya Kakegawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Takuya Wada, Masakazu Abe, Yu Yoshimasu, Kazuharu Harada, Masataka Taguri, Takao Itoi   +9 more
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy in Clinical Practice

Gastro Hep Advances, 2022
Background and Aims: Liver biopsies are traditionally performed using percutaneous, transjugular, or surgical approaches. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided liver biopsy is a new modality to sample liver parenchyma. This technique allows sampling of both
Avik Sarkar, Peter Dellatore, Abhishek Bhurwal, Amy Tyberg, Haroon Shahid, Carlos D. Minacapelli, Michel Kahaleh, Vinod K. Rustgi, Jose Nieto   +8 more
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Predictive Ability of Laboratory Indices for Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C after the Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Liver fibrosis remains an important risk factor for hepatocarcinogenesis in patients with chronic hepatitis C even after the eradication of hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Yoshihiko Tachi, Takanori Hirai, Hidenori Toyoda, Toshifumi Tada, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Takashi Honda, Masatoshi Ishigami, Hidemi Goto, Takashi Kumada   +8 more
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Retrospective evaluation of liver transaminase abnormalities in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients according to liver biopsy results

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022
Background and Aim: Histopathological examination of liver tissue is often performed with percutaneous liver biopsy. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the causes and results of liver biopsy performed for various reasons in our clinic between years ...
Cansu Abaylı, Bahri Abaylı, Genco Gencdal   +2 more
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EUS-Guided versus Percutaneous Image-Guided Liver Biopsy: A Battle for Supremacy!

Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2021
Liver biopsy has been the gold standard investigation for diagnosing and staging liver diseases. Image-guided percutaneous liver biopsy is a time-tested technique for obtaining the liver tissue in diffuse liver diseases. However, it is contraindicated in
Shubhra Mishra, Nikhil Bush, Surinder S. Rana   +2 more
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Primary hepatic lymphoma diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Because of the rarity of primary hepatic lymphomas, diagnosis of this disease entity may often be difficult, and performing a liver biopsy is the only way to establish a definitive diagnosis. Recently, endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy
Kenichiro Nishikawa, Koji Katsuta, Syota Tanaka, Kodai Fujibe, Aiji Hattori, Yasunori Shiono, Michiaki Oiwa, Shimpei Matsusaki   +7 more
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EUS-guided left lobe liver biopsy: Safer modality with similar diagnostic yield as right lobe: a pilot study

Endoscopy International Open, 2023
Background and study aims Percutaneous liver biopsy is traditionally done on the right lobe of the liver. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy (EUS-LB) can be performed on either the left or right lobe or as a combined bi-lobar biopsy.
Mithun Sharma, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Nitin Jagtap, Anuradha Sekaran, Rakesh Kalapala, Basha Jahangeer, Anand Kulkarni, Mohan Ramchandani, Rajesh Gupta, Swapna Samudraala, Juhi Khanna, Padaki Nagaraja, Sowmya Iyengar, Baker Ali Gora, Guduru Venkat Rao, Nageshwar Reddy   +15 more
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Transjugular liver biopsy. An update

Annals of Hepatology, 2004
Transjugular liver biopsy was first reported in 1967. Since then, this technique has been broadly performed in many medical centers around the world.
Diego García-Compean, Carlos Cortés
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