A real-world study evaluating ultrasound guided percutaneous non-targeted liver biopsy needle failures and pathology sample quality assessment in both end-cut and side-notch needles

CONCLUSION: Ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is safe and sample quality is consistently good when a core >20 mm long is obtained. The end-cut biopsy device generated reliably good quality biopsy samples, however the needle failure rate was significantly higher than the side-cut needle.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Ultrasound guided liver biopsy specimen quality is consistently good when a core >20 mm long is obtained which can be achieved with a single pass using the 16G BiopinceTM end-cut needle, although the needle failure rate is significantly higher than the 16G Max-Core™ Bard™ side-notch needle.PMID:34289324 | DOI:10.1259/bjr.20210475
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research