Transjugular liver biopsy : Valley Regional Hospital
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36466
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Interventional Radiology Provincial Committee.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2018.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1923
- Available Online
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During a transjugular liver biopsy a small piece of tissue from your liver will be removed. The tissue will be sent to the lab where it will be checked under a microscope. Who will do the biopsy, complications, and how long you can expect to be at the hospital is listed. How to get ready, and what happens during and after the biopsy is covered. Follow up care, and symptoms requiring a visit to your family doctor or to the Emergency Department are outlined. A list of medications and how long to …
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2018
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (9 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Liver Diseases - diagnosis
- Biopsy, Needle
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Liver--Diseases--Diagnosis
- Liver--Biopsy
- Abstract
- During a transjugular liver biopsy a small piece of tissue from your liver will be removed. The tissue will be sent to the lab where it will be checked under a microscope. Who will do the biopsy, complications, and how long you can expect to be at the hospital is listed. How to get ready, and what happens during and after the biopsy is covered. Follow up care, and symptoms requiring a visit to your family doctor or to the Emergency Department are outlined. A list of medications and how long to stop taking them both before and after the biopsy is provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Interventional Radiology Provincial Committee
- Pamphlet Number
- 1923
