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01-01-2007 | Vascular-Interventional

Transjugular liver biopsy: prospective evaluation of the angle formed between the hepatic veins and the vena cava main axis and modification of a semi-automated biopsy device in cases of an unfavorable angle

Authors: P. Chevallier, F. Dausse, F. Berthier, M. C. Saint-Paul, A. Denys, P. Schnyder, J. N. Bruneton

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 1/2007

Abstract

In cases of transjugular liver biopsies, the venous angle formed between the chosen hepatic vein and the vena cava main axis in a frontal plane can be large, leading to technical difficulties. In a prospective study including 139 consecutive patients who underwent transjugular liver biopsy using the Quick-Core biopsy set, the mean venous angle was equal to 49.6°. For 21.1% of the patients, two attempts at hepatic venous catheterization failed because the venous angle was too large, with a mean of 69.7°. In all of these patients, manual reshaping of the distal curvature of the stiffening metallic cannula, by forming a new mean angle equal to 48°, allowed successful completion of the procedure in less than 10 min.

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Title: Transjugular liver biopsy: prospective evaluation of the angle formed between the hepatic veins and the vena cava main axis and modification of a semi-automated biopsy device in cases of an unfavorable angle
Authors: P. Chevallier
F. Dausse
F. Berthier
M. C. Saint-Paul
A. Denys
P. Schnyder
J. N. Bruneton
Publication date: 01-01-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-006-0256-8

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