Risk of tumour seeding in patients with liver lesions undergoing biopsy with or without concurrent ablation: meta-analysis

BJS Open. 2024 May 8;8(3):zrae050. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae050.

Authors

Jeremy E Maducolil¹, Stephanie Girgis², Mohammad A Mustafa², Jayden Gittens^{2

3}, Matthew Fok^{3

4}, Sunanda Mahapatra⁴, Dale Vimalachandran^{3

4}, Robert Jones^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK.
² School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
³ Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, UK.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Meta-Analysis

MeSH terms

Biopsy / adverse effects
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
Humans
Liver / pathology
Liver Neoplasms* / pathology
Liver Neoplasms* / surgery
Neoplasm Seeding*