Transvenous liver biopsy via the femoral vein

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 487-491

  Khosa, F ^a   McNulty, J G ^a   Hickey, N ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   Tobin, A ^a   Noonan, N ^a   Ryan, B ^a   Keeling, P W N ^a   Kelleher, D P ^a   McDonald, G S A ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Femoral vein; Liver biopsy; Trasvenous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCEPS; HEMATOMA; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHOULDER PAIN; THORAX PAIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0037864157     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(02)00576-7     Document Type: Article

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