TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of different techniques of ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy of liver in a swine model
AU - Jahromi, Alireza Hamidian
AU - Ballard, David Hilton
AU - Bahrami, Reza
AU - D’Agostino, Horacio Ruben Vicente
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Kowsar Corp.
PY - 2015/6/23
Y1 - 2015/6/23
N2 - Background: The quality of liver biopsy specimens obtained with different fine needle biopsy (FNB) techniques has not been compared. Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic quality of three different liver FNB biopsy techniques. Materials and Methods: Two sequential biopsy series were performed on piglets. Three biopsy techniques were compared: capillary-FNB, core-FNB (CFNB) and vacuum-assisted CFNB (VACFNB) in a swine model. Initially, 30 liver biopsies were performed (ten for each technique). The cellularity and quantity of blood in specimens were measured and compared. In the second series, 54 additional biopsies using CFNB and VACFNB techniques (27 each) in a separate piglet were evaluated in the same fashion. Results: In the first series, cellularity and blood levels were significantly lower in capillary-FNB compared with CFNB (P < 0.001 and P = 0.011, respectively). There was no significant difference between CFNB and VACFNB in cellularity and blood (P = 0.15 and P = 0.1, respectively). In the second series, cellularity was significantly higher in CFNB compared with VACFNB (P < 0.001) with no significant difference in blood (P = 0.5). Conclusions: Among these three different FNB techniques, CFNB technique provided the greatest cellularity. Capillary-FNB technique was inferior among all with the lowest quality of obtained material for cytopathological interpretation.
AB - Background: The quality of liver biopsy specimens obtained with different fine needle biopsy (FNB) techniques has not been compared. Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic quality of three different liver FNB biopsy techniques. Materials and Methods: Two sequential biopsy series were performed on piglets. Three biopsy techniques were compared: capillary-FNB, core-FNB (CFNB) and vacuum-assisted CFNB (VACFNB) in a swine model. Initially, 30 liver biopsies were performed (ten for each technique). The cellularity and quantity of blood in specimens were measured and compared. In the second series, 54 additional biopsies using CFNB and VACFNB techniques (27 each) in a separate piglet were evaluated in the same fashion. Results: In the first series, cellularity and blood levels were significantly lower in capillary-FNB compared with CFNB (P < 0.001 and P = 0.011, respectively). There was no significant difference between CFNB and VACFNB in cellularity and blood (P = 0.15 and P = 0.1, respectively). In the second series, cellularity was significantly higher in CFNB compared with VACFNB (P < 0.001) with no significant difference in blood (P = 0.5). Conclusions: Among these three different FNB techniques, CFNB technique provided the greatest cellularity. Capillary-FNB technique was inferior among all with the lowest quality of obtained material for cytopathological interpretation.
KW - Core needle biopsy
KW - Fine needle biopsy
KW - Fine-needle aspiration
KW - Liver
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U2 - 10.5812/hepatmon.26439v2
DO - 10.5812/hepatmon.26439v2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990303173
SN - 1735-143X
VL - 15
JO - Hepatitis Monthly
JF - Hepatitis Monthly
IS - 6
M1 - e26439
ER -