Quality analysis of ultrasound-guided biopsies of focal liver lesions at the University Hospital Leipzig: a retrospective study.

• Conditions: C22; complications (haemorrhage, infection); D13.4; D18; C78.7; K76.8; K76.9; Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts; Liver; Haemangioma and lymphangioma, any site

• Registration Number: DRKS00024936
• Lead Sponsor: Medizinische Klinik II - Bereich Gastroenterologie Interdisziplinäre Zentrale Ultraschalleinheit Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-06
• Study Completion: 2022-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 426

Inclusion Criteria

Indication for ultrasound-guided biopsy of focal liver lesions
- introduction to the interdisciplinary ultrasound center of the University Hospital Leipzig
- period: 01.01.2015-31.12.2020
- patients or their legal representatives, who have agreed to processing of personal data for study purposes at admission

Exclusion Criteria

- obvious misreporting (errors, scheduling conflicts, etc.)
- all other ultrasound-guided organ biopsies (exclusively liver parenchyma biopsies, biopsies of other organs) and interventions (therapeutic drain placement, etc.)

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
frequency (scope of patients, biopsies), patients- and intervention-dependent factors, complications (severity, frequency, etc.), histological preparation (quality, entity, dignity)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcome (clinical consequences of histological biopsy result, number of repeated biopsies required, mortality of patients within the year after intervention)