The Best Way To LIVER BIOPSY
Liver biopsy is a procedure where a small piece of your liver tissue is obtained and sent for examination. Not all patients with liver disease warrant Liver Biopsy. Your Liver Specialist or Hepatologist will look at your disease course – history and clinical examination, blood reports including Liver Function Tests and reports for HepatitisB , HepatitisC , Wilson’s Disease , Autoimmune Hepatitis and then take a decision on need for liver biopsy . Why does Hepatologist advice Liver Biopsy? Reason for abnormal liver tests (Diagnose) Determine the stage of your liver disease (Stage) Determine the severity of your liver disease (Grade) Decide on need and success of the treatment (Treatment) If there is any suspected tumour in the liver (HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Tumour) Unknown reason of fever Is there different ways to carry out liver biopsy? Most common is via Ultrasound (Sonography) guided biopsy through the skin (Percutaneous) Liver biopsy via neck v