Liver Biopsy in Children in Dhaka Shishu Hospital A Study of 30 Cases
Liver Biopsy in Children in Dhaka Shishu Hospital A Study of 30 Cases
Liver biopsy is an established procedure to diagnose disease, to assess prognosis and to follow up of liver diseases.Although liver biopsy is a confirmatory diagnostic procedure of majority of the hepatological disorders, it carries the risk of complications. Though major complications rarely occur, minor complications are common. To minimize complications, several biopsy techniques have been developed. The present study was intended to correlate the clinical diagnoses with histological diagnoses and to observe the complications encountered by the children with percutaneous liver biopsy procedure. Liver biopsy is a well established procedure in the diagnosis and follow up of liver diseases. But it is not without risk of complications. So, before deciding for a liver biopsy, the indications and risks must be assessed cautiously for each patient.

