Liver Biopsy?
So when I had my labs done a couple months ago some of my liver enzymes came back elevated. The doc said that it wasn't uncommon for obese people to have this result and it usually indicated 'fatty liver.' However, on Friday, he told me that he wanted to do a liver biopsy duing my surgery "just to be on the safe side." (His explanation was more detailed than that and made a lot of sense)
I did a search and found a couple other peopel with similar stories, but I'm wondering just how common it is to do a livery biopsy during the surgery?
PS...I'm not "worried" about it; I was told that it adds about 5 minutes to the surgery and doesn't really create additional discomfort.
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