title: [Ambulatory liver biopsy].
abstract: During 1992-1994 we performed 77 needle liver biopsies on ambulatory patients. 59 patients were observed for 6 hours and then released. 15 who lived more than 40 km away and 3 in whom complications were feared were hospitalized. All were released within 24 hours and there were no complications. We conclude that ambulatory needle biopsy of the liver is safe and cost-effective is selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gasper
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Odes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krugliak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sperber
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eidelman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niv
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens