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Blind Percutaneous Needle Liver Biopsy: Still the Gold Standard Method in Diagnosing Chronic Liver Diseases | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-402 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Dr. Mohammad A. Shaikhani; Dr. Sabah M. Zangana | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ercutaneous liver biopsies were done for 55 patients in 2 central hospitals in Kirkuk & Sulaimaneyah in Iraq. The patients were 40 males & 15 females. The clinical conditions for which liver biopsies were indicated included liver cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, liver tumors, undiagnosed hepatomegaly, fatty liver & pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO).The diagnostic accuracy in reaching the final diagnosis of chronic liver disease was more than 50% in cases of cirrhosis & 100% in the other causes, although the number of those cases were small to draw accurate conclusions. The complications included only a minor complication in only one case, without major complications or deaths. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Liver cirrhosis; percutaneous needle liver biopsy; laproscopic liver biopsy | ||
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