Major Complications of Pediatric Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Do Not Differ Among Physicians With Different Degrees of Training.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
The objective was to compare safety of pediatric percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) performed by fellows or staff physicians. Outcomes of 212 PLB completed by first-year pediatric gastroenterology fellows or by staff physicians over 8 years were analyzed and compared. Approximately 81.5% of the biopsies were completed by trainees. No significant differences were found between groups (fellows vs staff) regarding number of punctures (median of 1.7 for both), nonrepresentative biopsies (4.2% vs 2.6%), and hemoglobin drop (median of 0.7 vs 0.5 g/L). Complications of pediatric PLB are uncommon and did not differ among physicians with different training levels.
Medical subject headings
- Gastroenterology
- Liver
- Postoperative Hemorrhage