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| pubmed-article:8497887 | rdf:type | pubmed:Citation | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0023911 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0193388 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0009566 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0036043 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C1548877 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0205099 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:issue | 5 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:dateCreated | 1993-6-21 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:abstractText | Liver biopsy is a frequently utilized diagnostic tool at a liver transplant center. It is occasionally utilized prior to OLTx to determine whether or not a potential recipient either has tumor or a disease process that has some chance of spontaneous recovery without OLTx. Following OLTx, it is often utilized to determine the need to alter a recipient's immunosuppression regimen or gauge the response to a recent change in immunosuppression. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, adult liver transplant patients have been biopsied using 3 different techniques based upon the physician's (Tru-cut needle) or surgeon's (suction needle) personal choice and whether or not it has been the intent of the biopsy to obtain tissue from a focal lesion within a liver. In the latter cases, ultrasound guidance and an automated biopsy needle are used. In the former, either a suction-type needle (Jamshidi) or a cutting needle (Tru-cut) has been used. During the period between January 1, 1989, and December 31, 1991, a total of 12,750 liver biopsies have been done on patients admitted to the adult transplant service at this institution. Of these, 8500 were performed with a suction needle, 4195 were performed using a cutting needle, and 55 were performed under ultrasound guidance using an automated cutting needle. A total of 26 major complications occurred--19 with the suction needle (0.22%); 6 with the cutting needle (0.14%), and 2 using ultrasound guidance and an automatic cutting needle (3.6%). Nine of these 26 complications required surgical intervention consisting of a thoracotomy or laparotomy; 4 required the insertion of a chest tube and two required hepatic artery embolization. Based upon these data obtained at a large transplant center, it can be concluded that, in general: (1) a liver biopsy can be done safely in liver transplant recipients; (2) an overall low rate of major complications occurs varying from 0.1 to 3.6% depending upon the type of needle and other circumstances relating to the biopsy procedure; (3) complications, when they occur, are morbid and often necessitate either additional surgical or interventional radiologic procedures. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:language | eng | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:journal | http://linkedlifedata.com/r... | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:citationSubset | IM | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:status | MEDLINE | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:month | May | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:issn | 0041-1337 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:Van ThielD... | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:GavalerJ SJS | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:WrightHH | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:TzakisAA | lld:pubmed |
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| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:volume | 55 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:owner | NLM | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:authorsComplete | Y | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:pagination | 1087-90 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:dateRevised | 2004-11-17 | lld:pubmed |
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| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:year | 1993 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:articleTitle | Liver biopsy. Its safety and complications as seen at a liver transplant center. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:affiliation | Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:8497887 | pubmed:publicationType | Journal Article | lld:pubmed |
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