title: [Value of laparoscopy and biopsy].
abstract: A liver biopsy can provide important information regarding staging, grading, prognosis and management of patients with chronic liver disease including chronic viral hepatitis. A video-minilaparoscopy is the most accurate diagnostic tool to define liver cirrhosis or liver fibrosis, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Essen. g.gerken@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerken
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests