EUS-guided blood patch delivery during liver biopsy: nature's gel foam
Piotr Sowa, Jennifer Kolb, Jason Samarasena, Kenneth J Chang, Piotr Sowa, Jennifer Kolb, Jason Samarasena, Kenneth J Chang
Abstract
Video 1Case 1 EUS liver biopsy with FNA needle complicated by persistent blood flow within biopsy tract, which is successfully treated with blood patch technique. Case 2 EUS liver biopsy with FNA needle complicated by persistent blood flow within biopsy tract, which is successfully treated with blood patch technique.
© 2021 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Figures
Blood patch delivery. A, The 19-gauge FNB of right liver lobe. B, Active flow within liver biopsy tract. C, Blood patch delivery into needle tract. D, No further flow within needle tract.
References
- Ferrante E., Arpino I., Citterio A. Is it a rational choice to treat with lumbar epidural blood patch headache caused by spontaneous cervical CSF leak? Cephalalgia. 2006;26:1245–1246.
- Wiaterek G., Lee H., Malhotra R. Bronchoscopic blood patch for treatment of persistent alveolar-pleural fistula. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2013;20:171–174.
Source: PubMed