Tolerance of liver biopsy in a tertiary care center: Comparison of the percutaneous and the transvenous route in 143 prospectively followed patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1209-1213

  Procopet, Bogdan ^a,c   Bureau, Christophe ^a,b   Métivier, Sophie ^a   Selves, Janick ^a   Robic, Marie Angèle ^a   Christol, Camille ^a   Grigorescu, Mircea ^c   Vinel, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Péron, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

liver biopsy; percutaneous; transjugular; visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSJUGULAR LIVER BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84866339766     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328355e2ba     Document Type: Article

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