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Cost-Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy
table 1
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table 1. Complication
Rates of "Blind" Liver Biopsy
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| Study |
Year |
n |
Complications n (%) |
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| Inpatient |
| Terry10 |
1952 |
10,600 |
24* (0.32) |
| Thaler12 |
1964 |
23,382 |
27 (0.12) |
| Lindner13 |
1967 |
79,381 |
273 (0.34) |
| Knauer1 |
1978 |
1,067 |
5 (0.47) |
| Sherlock et al.14 |
1984 |
6,379 |
40 (0.63) |
| Piccinino et al.11 |
1986 |
68,276 |
147 (0.22) |
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189,085 |
516 (0.27) |
| Outpatient liver biopsy |
| Rosson et al.15 |
1972 |
63 |
0 (0) |
| Ali et al.16 |
1978 |
67 |
2 (3) |
| Knauer1 |
1978 |
107 |
1 (0.9) |
| Perrault et al.2 |
1978 |
829 |
44 (5.4) |
| Westaby et al.17 |
1980 |
200 |
6 (3) |
| Sherlock et al.14 |
1984 |
55 |
1 (1.8) |
| Wright18 |
1991 |
94 |
1 (1.1) |
| Janes and Lindor4 |
1993 |
405 |
13 (3.2) |
| Garcia-Tsao and Boyer19 |
1993 |
346 |
5 (1.4) |
| Lindor et al.8 |
1996 |
413 |
9 (2.2) |
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2579 |
82 (3.2) |
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| * Among 7532 cases. |
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