title: [Is liver biopsy in gallbladder operations still indicated?].
abstract: Biopsy of the liver with the Tru-cut needle was done as a routine diagnostic procedure during gallbladder surgery in 166 cases. The data of history, ultrasonography and laboratory were compared with the microscopic liver findings. Preoperatively in 89% of the cases there was an indication for liver biopsy. In 11% of the cases, where there was no indication for preoperative biopsy, we found severe changes in liver histology. Therefore we recommend liver biopsy during gallbladder surgery as a routine procedure.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum im Marienhospital Herne.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buchholz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Ist die Leberbiopsie bei Gallenblasenoperationen noch indiziert?