PMID: 8999209Oct 26, 1996Paper

The applicability and diagnostic effectiveness of transjugular liver biopsy

Medicina clínica
R TrejoJ Rodés

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability, the diagnostic profitability and the incidence of complications associated with tranjugular liver biopsy associated with the measurement of the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG). The clinical histories of 829 consecutive patients in whom transjugular liver biopsy was performed from 1982 to 1993 were reviewed. The diagnostic value of the sample obtained was evaluated in all the patients and the HVPG determined. Moreover, the size of the greatest fragment obtained during biopsy was also determined. Material for histologic study was obtained in 95% of the cases. In 70% the biopsy was diagnostic, in 11% it provided data contributing to diagnosis and in 19% it was not useful. Potentially severe complications were presented in 0.8% of cases being fatal in one (0.1%). The obtention of a fragment of small size was significantly associated with the presence of disease with marked fibrosis and high HVPG. A HVPG > 10 mmHg in patients with a suspicion of liver disease had a sensibility of 92% and a specificity of 63% for the diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis. In 83% of patients with a GPVH > 10 mmHg in whom the biopsy was not useful, the diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis was performe...Continue Reading

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