Liver biopsy and Fibroscan

Liver biopsy is done for the diagnosis of various liver ailments, during liver biopsy a small piece of liver is taken for the microscopic examination.

Indications of liver biopsy:

Raised liver enzymes of unknown cause

Staging of chronic hepatitis B and C/autoimmune hepatitis and Wilson disease

Sampling of liver lesions

Liver biopsy is a is a safe procedure Severe complication can occur in 1 in 50,000 procedures

Fibroscan

Fibroscan is a new technology for the assessment of severity of liver disease, and is safe test which is performed by putting a probe on skin of upper abdomen, and there are no complications of fibroscan.

For assessment of severity of liver disease, Fibroscan is replacing the liver biopsy.