Percutaneous ultrasonographically guided liver punctures: An analysis of 1961 patients over a period of ten years

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mueller, Michael ^a   Kratzer, Wolfgang ^a   Oeztuerk, Suemeyra ^a   Wilhelm, Manfred ^b   Mason, Richard Andrew ^c   Mao, Ren ^d   Haenle, Mark Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b ULM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Complications; Liver; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY SEVERITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLES; ODDS RATIO; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870340114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-173     Document Type: Article

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