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Risks of complications
Core needle biopsies
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Mortality 0.1% (fatal bleeding)
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Complications
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Bleeding/hematoma, pneumothorax, infection
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Major (Requiring therapeutic intervention) 0.5%
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Minor (No therapeutic intervention) 0.7%
(Mueller et al. BMC Gastroenterol 2012;12:173)
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Risk depending on Quick-test and PTT, not platelet count
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Consider risk of complications 1% → 2% with Calypso
(in a metaanalysis of liver biopsies from the UK, needle
size was not related to risk of complication (Howlett et al
Radiology 2013; 266(1): 226)