European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 487-489, September 2009

Outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy: Still a good option

Ambulatory Liver Biopsy, Liver Unit-Department of Medicine, CHTMAD (Vila Real)-Portugal

Received 5 October 2008; received in revised form 7 February 2009; accepted 17 February 2009. published online 31 March 2009.

Abstract 

Objective

To assess security of “blind” percutaneous liver biopsy as an ambulatory procedure.

Material and Methods

Defining inclusion criteria, surveillance protocol, data from ultrasonography done 6 h after procedure and complications.

Results

We analysed 192 percutaneous liver biopsies done between 2000-2007. There were no major complications and only a small number of minor complications. There were no deaths related to the procedure.

Conclusion

It is possible to perform percutaneous liver biopsy as an ambulatory procedure not expecting to find threatening complications.

Keywords: percutaneous liver biopsy, complication, outpatient ambulatory

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PII: S0953-6205(09)00037-5

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2009.02.002

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 487-489, September 2009

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