Hemorrhage as a Complication of Percutaneous Liver Biopsy

Percutaneous biopsies of the abdominal solid organs, particularly the liver, are among the most well-established and frequently performed interventional procedures. While offering lower morbidity than open surgical biopsies, these procedures are not risk free and postbiopsy hemorrhage is one of the most frequently encountered complications. Interventionists must therefore be well versed in preprocedure patient optimization, postbiopsy evaluation, and management of hemorrhagic complications.

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