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This definitely needs its own page! JFW |  T@lk 22:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Stuff I found a little while ago:

• PMID  10485854 (BSG guideline)
• PMID  16636018 (transjugular versus percutaneous, but Dotter was the first)
• PMID  17498250
• PMID  16707372 (review on quality)

Expanding... JFW |  T@lk 15:28, 30 July 2008 (UTC) reply

A friendly question

Liver biopsy is the removal of a small sample of tissue from the liver.

According to the dictionary.com
re·mov·al /rɪˈmuvəl/ Pronunciation[ri-moo-vuhl]
–noun


1. the act of removing.
2. change of residence, position, etc.
3. dismissal, as from an office.

Here removal is used as a synonym for the invasive liver tissue specimen obtaining procedure?

Just curious... I checked few med. dictionaries but they too use word removal. Aren't there other more appropriate words to replace that cutting/pulling/taking etc procedure?

Thank you.

AnThRaX Ru ( talk) 22:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC) reply

I wonder if it's worth creating a separate article for Fibroscan with some information on the procedure. This is becoming a standard test for liver damage and it's probably going to become more prominent in future. Any thoughts? Bandanamerchant ( talk) 21:04, 13 October 2013 (UTC) reply

Should also be mentioned that Fibroscan is not a type of liver biopsy, it's an alternative to it (which would suggest having a different page might be a good idea). Bandanamerchant ( talk) 00:35, 17 October 2013 (UTC) reply

doi:10.1056/NEJMra1610570 JFW |  T@lk 13:02, 24 August 2017 (UTC) reply