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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cui Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5002313 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cui Zhu Z Wright Jason D JD Accordino Melissa K MK Buono Donna D Neugut Alfred I AI Hu Jim C JC Hershman Dawn L DL
Cancer investigation 20160411 4
Image-guided percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is a diagnostic tool for lesions in the liver. Hemorrhage is the most common complication. We selected patients with a diagnostic claim for cancer who had undergone PLB. There were a total of 26,941 patients who underwent PLB. Hemorrhage risk was 1.43% among patients undergoing PLB. When stratified by setting, odds of hemorrhage were 4.5 times higher when biopsy was performed in an inpatient setting (p < .001). Risk factors associated with hemorrhage ...[more]