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. 2006 Feb;20(2):75-9.
doi: 10.1155/2006/452942.

Percutaneous liver biopsy: reflections and refinements

Cameron N Ghent  1
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Percutaneous liver biopsy: reflections and refinements

Cameron N Ghent. Can J Gastroenterol. 2006 Feb.
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Figure 1)
The rationale for use of an internal bevel needle (Klatsin or Jamshedi). Unlike an external bevel needle, internal bevel needles provide radial pressure on the specimen in the barrel of the needle (small arrows), theoretically increasing the chances the suction (large arrows) will cause tissue breakage at the point of maximum insertion, resulting in a larger specimen with the same risk to the patient
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