Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Practice Patterns Among Pediatric Gastroenterologists in North America

Abstract

Many pediatric gastroenterologists report systematically and rationally referring children to interventional radiologists for PLB, rather than performing the procedure themselves. Crude numbers suggest that many who do not perform PLB are in academic practice settings, where fellowship training is presumably affected. Those pediatric gastroenterologists who do report performing PLB vary greatly in their preprocedure, patient disposition, and postprocedure routines.