If your doctor recommends a liver biopsy, you may feel anxious. A biopsy involves collecting tissue from inside your body so a doctor can study it. The procedure may be uncomfortable, but it’s ...

The liver biopsy has long been the gold standard for the evaluation of the state of liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Although a liver biopsy continues to be a recommended part ...

A liver biopsy is a procedure that involves removing a small sample of liver tissue for analysis under a microscope. Liver biopsy results should come back within a few days, but several factors ...

A liver biopsy is a diagnostic procedure that doctors perform to examine the health of liver tissue. It sometimes causes a small amount of pain, which should be manageable with medication.

While noninvasive alternatives are increasingly available, liver biopsy still provides essential information in some children with liver disease, according to researchers. While noninvasive ...

VIENNA — Ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is safe and informative, and should be performed in all children with liver dysfunction who have undergone liver transplantation, a new study suggests.

Data regarding risk factors and long-term outcomes of U.S. patients with biopsy-proven metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are limited. This study aimed to investigate ...

A liver biopsy is a medical procedure in which a small amount of liver tissue is surgically removed so it can be analyzed in a laboratory. Liver biopsies are usually done to evaluate disease ...

A biopsy means removing a sample of cells or tissue and looking at it under a microscope. You may have a liver biopsy to help diagnose liver cancer. But not everyone needs to have one. Doctors can ...