Complications of Transjugular Biopsies

Semin intervent Radiol 2015; 32: 042-048DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1396963Transvenous biopsy was first performed in 1964 by Charles Dotter. Now routinely performed in the liver and kidney by interventional radiologists, the transjugular approach to biopsy has assumed a central role in coagulopathic patients. Major arterial complications from transjugular liver and renal biopsy are rare. In this article, the authors describe such complications in both organs that necessitated selective endovascular coil embolization.[...]Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Seminars in Interventional Radiology - March 2, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Navuluri, RakeshAhmed, Osman Source Type: research