tailieunhanh - LIVER BIOPSY INDICATIONS, PROCEDURES, RESULTS

Liver biopsy is a procedure that involves obtaining a small piece of liver tissue, which is then analyzed in the laboratory. Liver biopsy may be used to evaluate a mass seen on images, diagnose unexplained liver diseases or abnormal liver function tests, and to determine the severity of the liver disease including hepatitis, fibrosis, and steatosis. Liver biopsy is an invasive procedure, and its complications are rare but potentially lethal. Therefore, it is necessary to perform liver biopsy safely from clinical aspect and to take specimen steadily from a pathological one | LIVER BIOPSY -INDICATIONS PROCEDURES RESULTS Edited by Nobumi Tagaya Liver Biopsy - Indications Procedures Results http dx 46113 Edited by Nobumi Tagaya Contributors Firpi Alpna Limaye Lisa Dixon Ludmila Viksna Ilze Strumfa Janis Vilmanis Andrejs Vanags Zane Simtniece Dzeina Sulte Arnis Abolins Janis Gardovskis Ervins Vasko Javier Crespo Joaquín Cabezas Marta Mayorga Hiroyasu Morikawa Jean-Francois Cadranel Jean-Baptiste Nousbaum Ivan Tokin Anna Mania Pawel Kemnitz Magdalena Figlerowicz Wojciech Sluzewski Aldona Wozniak Nobumi Tagaya Nana Makino Masatoshi Oya Yoshitake Sugamata Claudia Randazzo Anna Licata Piero Luigi Almasio Teresa Casanovas Costin Teodor Teodor Streba Letitia Adela Maria Streba Daniela Dumitrescu Eugen Florin Georgescu Monica Lupsor Horia Stefanescu Diana Feier Radu Ion Badea Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Viktorija Zgela