Routine ultrasound-guided liver biopsy: A time whose idea has come?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 900-903

  Malnick, Stephen ^a   Melzer, Ehud ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; Liver biopsy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BACTEREMIA; BILIARY PERITONITIS; BLEEDING; CENTRAL VEIN; COLON BIOPSY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GALLBLADDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED LIVER BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 27144505800     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000180803.49328.a7     Document Type: Review

References (35)

1. Sherlock S, Dick R, van Leeuwn DJ. Liver biopsy today: the Royal Free Hospital experience. J Hepatol. 1985;1:75-85.
2. Huard P, May JM, Joyeux B. La ponetion biopsie du foie et son utilite dans le diagnostic des affections hepatiques. Ann Anat Pathol. 1935;12:1118-1124.
3. Baron E. Aspiration for removal of biopsy material from the liver. Arch Intern Med. 1939;63:276-289.
4. Sherlock S. Aspiration liver biopsy, technique and diagnostic application. Lancet. 1945;2:397-401.
5. Menghini G. One-second needle biopsy of the liver. Gastroenterology. 1958;35:190-199.
6. Van Leeuwen D, Wilson L, Crowe D. Liver biopsy in the mid-1990s: questions and answers. Semin Liver Dis. 1995;15:340-359.
7. Piccinino F, Sagnelli E, Pasquale G, et al. Complications following percutaneous liver biopsy: a multicentre retrospective study on 68,276 biopsies. J Hepatol 1986;2:165-173.
8. Perrault J, McGill DB, Ott BJ, et al. Liver biopsy: complications in 1000 inpatients and outpatients. Gastroenterology. 1978;74:103-106.
9. Mahal AS, Knauer M, Gregory PB. Bleeding after liver biopsy. West J Med. 1981;134:11-14.
10. McGill DB, Rakela J, Zinsmeister AR, et al. A 21 year experience with major hemorrhage after percutaneous liver biopsy. Gastroenterology. 1990;99:1396-1340.
11. Janes CH, Lindor KD. Outcome of patients admitted with complications after outpatient liver biopsies. Ann Intern Med. 1993;118:96-98.
12. Lindor KD, Bru C, Jorgensen RA, et al. The role of ultrasonography and automatic-needle biopsy in outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy. Hepatology. 1996;23:1079-1083.
13. Cardnel J-F, Rufat P, Degos F. Practices of liver biopsy in France: results of a prospective nationwide survey. Hepatology. 2000;32:477-481.
14. Vautier G, Scott B, Jenkins D. Liver biopsy: blind or guided? BMJ. 1994;309:1455-1456.
15. Stotland BR, Lichtenstein GR. Liver biopsy complications and routine ultrasound. Am J Gastroenterol. 1996;91:1295-1296.
16. Caturelli E, Giacobbe A, Facciourusso D, et al. Percutaneous biopsy in diffuse liver disease: increasing diagnostic yield and decreasing complication rate by routine ultrasound assessment of puncture site. Am J Gastroenterol. 1996;91:1318-1321.
17. Rossi P, Sileri P, Gentileschi P, et al. Percutaneous biopsy using an ultrasound-guided subcostal route. Dig Dis Sci. 2001;46:128-132.
18. Riley TR. How often does ultrasound marking change the liver biopsy site? Am J Gastroenterol. 1999;94:3320-3322.
19. Ahmad M, Riley TR. Can one predict when ultrasound will be useful with percutaneous liver biopsy? Am J Gastroenterol. 2001;96:547-549.
20. Younossi ZM, Teran JCT, Ganiats TG, et al. Ultrasound-guided liver biopsy for parenchymal liver disease: an economic analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 1998;43:46-50.
21. Farrell RJ, Smiddy PF, Pilkington RM, et al. Guided versus blind liver biopsy for chronic hepatitis C: clinical benefits and costs. J Hepatol. 1999;30:580-587.
22. Pasha T, Gabriel S, Therneau T, et al. Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided liver biopsy. Hepatology. 1998;27:1220-1226.
23. Kliewer MA, Sheafor DH, Paulson EK, et al. Percutaneous liver biopsy: a cost-benefit analysis comparing sonographic and CT guidance. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999;173:1199-1202.
24. Bicknell SG, Richenberg J, Cooperberg PL, et al. Early discharge after core liver biopsy: is it safe and cost-effective? Can Assoc Radiol J. 2002;53:205-209.
25. Pokorny CS, Waterland M. Short-stay, out-of-hospital, radiologically guided liver biopsy. Med J Aust. 2002;176:67-69.
26. Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training. Curriculum for Higher Specialist Training in General (Internal) Medicine. London: Royal College of Physicians, 1988:12-13.
27. Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training. Curriculum for Higher Specialist Training in Gastroenterology. London: Royal College of Physicians, 1998:5.
28. Gunneson TJ, Menon KVM, Wiesner RH, et al. Ultrasound-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy performed by a physician assistant. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002;97:1472-1475.
29. Jacobs WH, Goldberg SB. Patient Care Committee of the American Gastroenterological Association: statement on out-patient liver biopsy. Dig Dis Sci. 1989;34:322-323.
30. Grant A, Neuberger J. Guidelines on the use of liver biopsy in clinical practice. Gut. 1999;45:IV1-IV11.
31. Mayoral W, Lewis JH. Percutaneous liver biopsy: what is the current approach? Results of a questionnaire survey. Dig Dis Sci. 2001;46:118-127.
32. Angtuaco TL, Lal SK, Banaad-Omiotek Z, et al. Current liver biopsy practices for suspected parenchymal liver disease in the United States: the evolving role of radiologists. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002;97:1468-1471.
33. Hall AP, Russell WC. Toward safer central venous access: ultrasound guidance and sound advice. Anaesthesia. 2005;60:1-4.
34. Grebenik CR, Boyce A, Sinclair ME, et al. NICE guidelines for central venous catheterization in children: is the evidence base sufficient? Br J Anaesth. 2004;92:827-830.
35. Castera L, Vergniol J, Foucher J, et al. Prospective comparison of transient elastography, fibrotest, APR1 and liver biopsy for the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology. 2005;128:343-350.