Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has had a great impact in oncology; in this field, PET/CT-guided biopsy finds application in the evaluation of liver lesions, among others. The indication for this procedure should be individualized and taken into account the level of ...
Computed tomography (CT)-guided liver biopsy using large-caliber cutting needles allows the recovery of larger tissue specimens that are more suitable for ... L Thanos,A Zormpala,G Papaioannou,... - 《European Journal of Internal Medicine》 被引量: 38发表: 2005年 ...
biopsy was 100% for all the 25 times of this procedure,including acute rejection on 9 episodes,preservation perfusion retrauma in 6,bile duct strictures in 4,drug-induced injury in 4,chronic rejection in 1 and acute hepatic necrosis in 1.Conclusions CT-guided percutaneous biopsy is an ...
But radiation’s effects add up over your lifetime. So your risk increases with every CT scan you get. Talk to your doctor about the procedure’s potential dangers and benefits, and ask why the CT scan is necessary. Ionizing radiation may be more harmful in children. That’s because they...
Biopsy procedure We performed the following procedures according to the guidelines of PTNB in China14. The patients were fasted with water for 6 h before the biopsy. The fence-like locator was fixed on the body surface, and the appropriate puncture point and needle direction were selected accord...
However, liver biopsy is an invasive procedure with pain. Complications occur in 0.5% of patients, with mortality rates of 5.1%6,7. In addition, histological examination does not predict progression of fibrosis. More remarkable, fibrosis progression before and after transplantation has prognostic ...
After the procedure, you can resume your normal activities. If you received contrast dye, drink plenty of fluids to help your kidneys remove the dye from your body. 检查后,患者可以恢复正常活动。接受对比染色剂的患者,需要摄入大量液体,以帮助染色剂自肾脏排...
The randomized controlled trial involved 50 patients with liver lesions who underwent nonfluoroscopic CT-guided liver biopsy. In the intervention group, the procedure was assisted with electromagnetic tracking; in the control group, it was not. ...
Using biopsy these pathologies can be assessed. Unfortunately liver biopsy is an invasive procedure with various side effects. RELATED WORKS First,region-based methods are overly sensitive to small variations in the interactions provided by the user (see Fig. 1). As pointed out in [1], the ...
The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure or course of action must be made by medical professionals taking into account the unique circumstances of each case. Thus, there is no implication that an approach differing from the guidelines, standing alone, is below the sta...