Bibliografía del artículo
1. Bravo AA, Sheth SG, Chopra S. Liver biopsy. N Engl J Med 2001; 344:495-500.
2. Sheela H, Seela S, Caldwell C, Boyer JL, Jain D. Liver biopsy: evolving role in the new millennium. J Clin Gastroenterol 2005; 39:603-610.
3. Spycher C, Zimmermann A, Reichen J. The diagnostic value of liver biopsy. BMC Gastroenterol 2001; 1:12.
4. Cadranel JF, Rufat P, Degos F. Practices of liver biopsy in France: results of a prospective nationwide survey. For the Group of Epidemiology of the French Association for the Study of the Liver (AFEF). Hepatology 2000; 32:477-481.
5. Perrault J, McGill DB, Ott BJ, Taylor WF. Liver biopsy: complications in 1000 inpatients and outpatients. Gastroenterology 1978; 74:103-106.
6. McGill DB, Rakela J, Zinsmeister AR, Ott BJ. A 21-year experience with major hemorrhage after percutaneous liver biopsy. Gastroenterology 1990; 99:1396-1400.
7. Gilmore IT, Burroughs A, Murray-Lyon IM, Williams R, Jenkins D, Hopkins A. Indications, methods, and outcomes of percutaneous liver biopsy in England and Wales: an audit by the British Society of Gastroenterology and the Royal College of Physicians of London. Gut 1995; 36:437-441.
8. Poynard T, Ratziu V, Bedossa P. Appropriateness of liver biopsy. Can J Gastroenterol 2000; 14:543-548.
9. Piccinino F, Sagnelli E, Pasquale G, Giusti G. 1986) Complications following percutaneous liver biopsy. A multicentre retrospective study on 68,276 biopsies. J Hepatol 1986; 2:165-173.
10. Caturelli E, Giacobbe A, Facciorusso D y col. Percutaneous biopsy in diffuse liver disease: increasing diagnostic yield and decreasing complication rate by routine ultrasound assesment of puncture site. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91:1318-1321.
11. Gil Grande L. La biopsia hepática ciega en la medicina actual. Rev Clin Esp 2003; 203:219-220.
12. McGill DB. Liver biopsy: when, how, by whom, and where? Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2001; 3:19-23.
13. Friedman LS. Controversies in liver biopsy: who, where, when, how, why? Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2004; 6:30-36.
14. Joly JP, Khouani S, Decrombecque C, Razafimahaleo A, Sevestre H, Capron JP. La ponction biopsie hepátique échoguidée pourrait remplacer la ponction biopsie à l'aveugle dans les hépatopathies diffuses. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 1995; 19:703-706.
15. Papini E, Pacella CM, Rossi Z y col. A randomised trial of ultrasound guided anterior subcostal liver biopsy versus the conventional Menghini technique. J Hepatol 1991; 13:291-297.
16. Stone MA, Mayberry JF. An audit of ultrasound guided liver biopsies: a need for evidence-based practice. Hepatogastroenterology 1996; 43:432-434.
17. Stotland BR, Lichtenstein GR. Liver biopsy complications and routine ultrasound. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91:1295-1296.
18. Vautier G, Scott B, Jenkins D. Liver biopsy: blind or guided? BMJ 1994; 309:1455-1456.
19. Smith CI. Cost-effectiveness of ultrasonography in percutaneous liver biopsy. Hepatology 1999; 29:610.
20. Campbell MS, Reddy KR. The evolving role of liver biopsy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004; 20:249-259.
21. Younossi ZM, Teran JC, Ganiats TG, Carey WD. Ultrasound-guided liver biopsy for parenchymal liver disease: an economic analysis. Dig Dis Sci 1998; 43:46-50.
22. Farrell RJ, Smiddy PF, Pilkington RM y col. Guided versus blind liver biopsy for chronic hepatitis C: clinical benefits and costs. J Hepatol 1999; 30:580-587.
23. Lachaux A, LeGall C, Chambon M, y col. Complications of percutaneous liver biopsy in infants and children. Eur J Pediatr 1995; 154:621-623.
24. Lindor KD, Bru C, Jorgensen RA y col. The role of ultrasonography and automatic-needle biopsy in outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy. Hepatology 1996; 23:1079-1083.
25. Tan KT, Rajan DK, Kachura JR, Hayeems E, Simons ME, Ho CS. Pain after percutaneous liver biopsy for diffuse hepatic disease: a randomized trial comparing subcostal and intercostal approaches. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2005; 16:1215-1219.
26. Pasha T, Gabriel S, Therneau T, Dickson ER, Lindor KD. Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided liver biopsy. Hepatology 1998; 27:1220-1226.
27. Nobili V, Comparcola D, Sartorelli MR y col. Blind and ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy in children. Pediatr Radiol 2003; 33:772-775.
28. Riley TR III. How often does ultrasound marking change the liver biopsy site? Am J Gastroenterol 1999; 94:3320-3322.
29. Kader HA, Bellah R, Maller ES, Mamula P, Piccoli DA, Markowitz JE. The utility of ultrasound site selection for pediatric percutaneous liver biopsy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003; 3:364-367.
30. Froehlich F, Lamy O, Fried M, Gonvers JJ. Practice and complications of liver biopsy: Results of a nationwide survey in Switzerland. Dig Dis Sci 1993; 38:1480-1484.
31. Campos Franco J, Alende Sixto R, González Quintela A, Otero Anton E, Tomé Martínez de Rituerto S, Torre Carballada JA. Complicaciones y rentabilidad diagnóstica de la biopsia hepática percutánea con marcado ecográfico. Rev Clin Esp 2003 ; 203 :236-239.
32. Rossi P, Sileri P, Gentileschi P y col. Percutaneous liver biopsy using an ultrasound-guided subcostal route. Dig Dis Sci 2001; 46:128-132.
33. Jacobs WH, Goldberg SB. Statement on outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy. Patient Care Committee of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dig Dis Sci 1989; 34:322-323.
34. Nousbaum JB, Cadranel JF, Bonnemaison G y col. Clinical practice guidelines on the use of liver biopsy. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2002; 26:848-878.
35. Grant A, Neuberger J. Guidelines on the use of liver biopsy in clinical practice. British Society of Gastroenterology. Gut 1999; 45:IV1-IV11.
36. Malnick S, Melzer E. Routine ultrasound-guided liver biopsy: a time whose idea has come? J Clin Gastroenterol 2005; 39:900- 903.
37. Muir AJ, Trotter JF. A survey of current liver biopsy practice patterns. J Clin Gastroenterol 2002; 35:86-88.
38. Angtuaco TL, Lal SK, Banaad-Omiotek GD, Zaidi SS, Howden CW. Current liver biopsy practices for suspected parenchymal liver diseases in the United States: the evolving role of radiologists. Am J Gastroenterol 2002; 97:1468-1471.
39. Mayoral W, Lewis JH. Percutaneous liver biopsy: what is the current approach? Results of a questionnaire survey. Dig Dis Sci 2001; 46:118-127.
40. Siegel CA, Silas AM, Suriawinata AA, Van Leeuwen DJ. Liver biopsy 2005: when and how? Cleve Clin J Med 2005; 72, 199-208.
41. Van Leeuwen DJ. Liver biopsy: who should do it… and who will show up in court? Am J Gastroenterol 2002; 97:1285-1288.
42. Jamieson CP, Denton ER, Burnham WR. Do gastroenterologists want to be trained in ultrasound? A national survey of trainees in gastroenterology. Gut 1999; 44:123-126.
43. Shah S, Mayberry JF, Wicks AC, Rees Y, Playford RJ. Liver biopsy under ultrasound control: implications for training in the Calman era. Gut 1999; 45:628-629.
44. Gunneson TJ, Menon KV, Wiesner RH y col. Ultrasound-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy performed by a physician assistant. Am J Gastroenterol 2002; 97:1472-1475.