Percutaneous liver biopsy and track embolization with steel coils.
Eight patients with liver disease and seriously abnormal blood coagulation underwent biopsy of the liver performed through a percutaneously introduced sheath, followed by embolization of the biopsy track with steel coils. In all cases the biopsy procedure produced profuse bleeding through the sheath. However, the bleeding ceased within a few minutes after coil insertion.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
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D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged