Safety, Utilization, and Cost of Image-Guided Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Among Cancer Patients. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Image-guided percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is a diagnostic tool for lesions in the liver. Hemorrhage is the most common complication. We selected patients with a diagnostic claim for cancer who had undergone PLB. There were a total of 26,941 patients who underwent PLB. Hemorrhage risk was 1.43% among patients undergoing PLB. When stratified by setting, odds of hemorrhage were 4.5 times higher when biopsy was performed in an inpatient setting (p < .001). Risk factors associated with hemorrhage included marital status, liver cancer and comorbidity score. The use of PLB has increased over time. Reassuringly, the hemorrhage risk associated with PLB is low.

publication date

  • April 11, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Image-Guided Biopsy
  • Liver Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5002313

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84962869251

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3109/07357907.2016.1166232

PubMed ID

  • 27065211

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 34

issue

  • 4