Open AccessTransumbilical videolaparoscopic (single site) liver biopsy with laparoscopy equipment
Author(s) -
Jorge Ricardo Góis e Cunha,
Izabele Rabelo de Oliveira,
Maria Amélia Suriani Lima,
Antônio Alves Júnior
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.158953
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , biopsy , laparoscopy , liver biopsy , surgery , body mass index , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , general surgery , radiology , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , optics
Liver diseases have a high incidence in the whole world. In order to diagnose, stage and follow these diseases it is often necessary the execution of liver biopsy. There are many possible ways to perform the procedure and the rise of transumbilical endoscopic surgery (TUES) brings to the medical practice an additional good option.