A comparison of transjugular and plugged-percutaneous liver biopsy in patients with contraindications to ordinary percutaneous liver biopsy and an "in-house" protocol for selecting the procedure of choice

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 560-564

  Atar, Eli ^a   Ben Ari, Ziv ^b   Bachar, Gil N ^a   Amlinski, Yelena ^a   Neyman, Chaim ^a   Knizhnik, Michael ^b   Litvin, Sergey ^b   Schmilovitz Weiss, Hemda ^a   Shapiro, Riki ^b   Bruckhaimer, Elchanan ^c   Tur Kaspa, Ran ^b   Belenky, Alexander ^b  

^a HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Interventional radiology; Plugged biopsy; Transjugular liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; PLUGGED PERCUTANEOUS LIVER BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSJUGULAR LIVER BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953135197     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9743-z     Document Type: Article

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