Liver Biopsy

When it is deemed suitable by the physician, the procedure allows examining liver tissue.

Considerations before liver biopsy;

You should not eat or drink anything after 12:00 before the procedure, yet you can have blood pressure or heart medication with a small amount of water. You should arrive at the gastroenterology outpatient clinic at 08:30 on the day of the procedure along with the referral paper and hospital file. As liver biopsy can cause bleeding on rare occasions, bleeding parameters are checked before the procedure and vital findings and - if necessary - hemoglobin are monitored for at least 4 hours after the procedure. After the administration of local anesthetics, a sample is collected from liver tissue with a special needle. At least 4 hours of bed rest is required, therefore wearing comfortable clothes and having an all-day visitor are recommended. If it is deemed suitable by the physician, the patient can start eating approximately 4 hours after the liver biopsy on condition of taking medication. The patient can return to daily life, including taking bath, on the day following the procedure.

Liver biopsy reports can be received from the secretariat of pathology department approximately 10 days later.