Guided versus blind liver biopsy for chronic hepatitis C: clinical benefits and costs

Complications following percutaneous liver biopsy

1986 • 1,184 citations

A 21-year experience with major hemorrhage after percutaneous liver biopsy

1990 • 655 citations

The Pathology of Hepatitis C

1992 • 539 citations

Indications, methods, and outcomes of percutaneous liver biopsy in England and Wales: an audit by the British Society of Gastroenterology and the Royal College of Physicians of London.

1995 • 456 citations

Outcome of Patients Hospitalized for Complications after Outpatient Liver Biopsy

1993 • 289 citations

The role of ultrasonography and automatic-needle biopsy in outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy

1996 • 265 citations

Ultrasound-guided liver biopsy for parenchymal liver disease: an economic analysis.

1998 • 202 citations

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy of focal liver lesions: techniques, diagnostic accuracy and complications

1990 • 173 citations

CT and sonographically guided needle biopsy: current techniques and new innovations.

1990 • 172 citations

Coaxial percutaneous biopsy technique with automated biopsy devices: value in improving accuracy and negative predictive value.

1993 • 166 citations

Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided liver biopsy

1998 • 155 citations

Image-directed percutaneous biopsies with a biopsy gun.

1989 • 121 citations

Clinical comparison of small-and large-caliber cutting needles for biopsy.

1983 • 92 citations

Automated biopsy devices: a blinded evaluation.

1993 • 68 citations

NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVER

1949 • 45 citations

Incidence of ultrasound-detected intrahepatic hematomas due to Tru-cut needle liver biopsy

1991 • 39 citations

Optimal needle size for renal biopsy: in vitro and in vivo evaluation.

1989 • 35 citations

Temno biopsy needle: evaluation of efficacy and safety in 165 biopsy procedures.

1992 • 18 citations

[Is percutaneous liver biopsy using the Trucut (Travenol) needle superior to Menghini puncture?].

1989 • 12 citations

Renal biopsy: in vitro and in vivo comparison of a new automatic biopsy device and conventional biopsy systems. Work in progress.

1993 • 11 citations

A combined biopsy-plugging device based on the Menghini- or Trucut needle for percutaneous liver biopsy: clinical experience.

1993 • 6 citations