Effect of operator experience and frequency of procedure performance on complication rate after ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsies

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 638-643

  Westheim, Birgitte H ^a   Aagenæs, Ingegerd ^b   Østensen, Anniken B ^c   Sanengen, Truls ^c   Almaas, Runar ^c  

^a Women and Children's Division ^*  (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

bleeding; complications; operator experience; percutaneous liver biopsy; postbiopsy ultrasound; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NORWAY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888121721     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182a0c7a5     Document Type: Article

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