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- Title
Utilization rates, complications and costs of percutaneous liver biopsy: a population-based study including 4275 biopsies.
- Authors
Myers, Robert P; Fong, Andrew; Shaheen, Abdel Aziz M
- Abstract
Liver biopsy is an important tool in the management of patients with liver disease. Because biopsy practices may be changing, we studied patterns of use in a large Canadian Health Region. We aimed to describe trends in biopsy utilization and the incidence and costs of complications from a population-based perspective.
- Publication
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2008, Vol 28, Issue 5, p705
- ISSN
1478-3231
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01691.x