This information sheet discusses the liver biopsy. It explains a liver biopsy; the risks involved; how a liver biopsy can help, particularly for people with Hepatitis C; how it is done; and what happens after the liver biopsy is done. It also discusses when one should not have a liver biopsy. The information sheet specially emphasizes that a person who takes medicine for hepatitis C might need to have more than one liver biopsy.
Audiences:
Veterans
Focus Area:
Viral Hepatitis
Topics/Subjects:
Testing and Counseling
Subjects:
Diagnostic Tests
Publication Date:
2015
Format:
Information Sheet
2 p.: col., ill.