Background
abnormal coagulation, Liver disease, bleeding, cirrhosis, chronic liver diseases, trauma
ABNORMAL COAGULATION, BLEEDING, CIRRHOSIS, COMPLICATIONS, LIVER DISEASE, LIVER DISEASES, DISEASE, DECUBITUS, CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, LIVER DISEASE
Liver disease is one of the most significant health problems in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases are considered the 12The liver parenchyma is organized into microscopic functional units called lobules. A hepatic lobule is described as a functional polyhedral unit, in which each angle houses the so-called portal triad (the hepatic artery branch, the hepatic portal vein branch, and the biliary ducts [Due to this risk during resections and aiming at greater diagnostic accuracy, liver biopsies started being used for the diagnosis and monitoring of liver diseases. In 1958, Menghini planned and published an innovative method, called the “One-second needle biopsy of the liver”, of which performance consists in puncturing the liver parenchyma with a biopsy needle through a trans-costal access with the patient lying in the horizontal dorsal decubitus position [Although the biopsy is a more favorable option for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with liver disease, patients who need liver biopsy very often have liver function damage and abnormal coagulation status [However, this procedure is not free from complications, with the main ones being intraperitoneal or abdominal wall trauma and bleeding [