Percutaneous liver biopsy in the uncooperative adult.
Lack of patient cooperation in breathholding is generally considered a contraindication to percutaneous liver biopsy in the adult patient. Liver biopsy can, if the need is compelling, be carried out under general anesthesia in the operating room with ventilation being stopped momentarily.
Mandelstam
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Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington.
Plumlee
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J
D000328:Adult; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010349:Patient Compliance