Year 2007 / Volume 99 / Number 3
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A prospective study about the usefulness of ultrasonographic monitoring after invasive liver procedures –liver biopsy and fine-needle aspiration (FNA)

pp.128-131

Carrera Alonso, E. / García González, M. / Valer López-Fando, P. / Plaza Palacios, G. / López San Román, A. / Gil Grande, L. / Milicua Salamero, J. M.

Abstract
Objective: to determine the need to perform ultrasound scans to all patients after liver biopsy or fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in order to detect complications with or without symptoms.

Material and methods: after liver biopsy or FNA using a regular protocol the patient is observed for 24 hours at the hospital, and all patients undergo an abdominal sonography at that time even in the absence of evident complications.

Results: 298 liver biopsies and 98 FNAs were performed. There were complications in 37 patients (9.34%): 36 (9.09%) were minor complications such as pain, vasovagal episodes, or small bleeding, and 1 (0.25%) was a major complication with severe hemorrhage. Only 1 out of all 396 procedures had a complication detected by ultrasounds (intrahepatic hematoma) while the patient was asymptomatic.

Conclusions: the low incidence of complications occurring without symptoms, and their favorable course suggest that routine ultrasonography is not necessary after these techniques, and that it should be only performed when a complication is suspected.
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Carrera Alonso, E. / García González, M. / Valer López-Fando, P. / Plaza Palacios, G. / López San Román, A. / Gil Grande, L. / Milicua Salamero, J. M.. A prospective study about the usefulness of ultrasonographic monitoring after invasive liver procedures –liver biopsy and fine-needle aspiration (FNA). 128-131


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