Safety, Utilization, and Cost of Image-Guided Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Among Cancer Patients

Image-Guided Percutaneous Spine Biopsy

Prior to the development of image-guided percutaneous spine biopsy techniques, an open biopsy procedure was required for definitive diagnosis. The advantage of the open biopsy procedure is twofold. First, under direct visualization, multiple and larger tissue samples can be obtained and made available for frozen histopathological analysis. Second, the open biopsy can be performed as part of a s...

Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided liver biopsy.

The risk of a major complication from "blind" percutaneous liver biopsy is reported to be in the range of 0.24% to 3.8%. In a recent randomized trial, patients whose liver biopsies were performed with ultrasonography had a significant reduction in complications requiring hospitalization compared with patients without ultrasound-guided biopsies (0.5% vs. 2.2%, P < .05). Despite this, routine use...

Image-guided percutaneous transthoracic biopsy in lung cancer--emphasis on CT-guided technique.

Image-guided percutaneous transthoracic core biopsy especially with CT guidance is playing an increasing role in the diagnosis and management of lung cancer. The recent advances in the specific chemotherapy and novel targeted therapy and the increasing need for specific diagnosis of tumor histopathologic subtypes have direct impact on the radiologists performing lung biopsy and important implic...

role of percutaneous liver biopsy

Delayed hepatic rupture post ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy

RATIONALE Hemorrhage, one of complications after liver biopsy, is often identified immediately after the procedure while delayed liver rupture is relatively rare. PATIENT CONCERNS A 45-year-old woman was diagnosed with undetermined liver cirrhosis and abnormal liver function. To determine the etiology and severity of liver cirrhosis, ultrasound-guided liver biopsy was arranged. The patients d...