Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Practice Patterns Among Canadian Hepatologists

Mohammed Aljawad; Eric M Yoshida; Julia Uhanova; Paul Marotta; Natasha Chandok

doi:10.1155/2013/429834

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Practice Patterns Among Canadian Hepatologists

Mohammed Aljawad,
Eric M Yoshida,
Julia Uhanova,
Paul Marotta,
Natasha Chandok

Affiliations

Mohammed Aljawad: Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Eric M Yoshida: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Julia Uhanova: University of Manitoba, Wimmipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Paul Marotta: Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Natasha Chandok: Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/429834
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 11
pp. e31 – e34

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is the standard procedure to obtain histological samples essential for the management of various liver diseases. While safe, many hepatologists no longer perform their own PLBs; the reasons for this practice shift are unknown.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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