TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - BIOPSY OF LIVER, OPEN A1 - Ellison, E. Christopher A1 - Zollinger, Robert M. PY - 2016 T2 - Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations, 10e AB - It is not uncommon during an exploratory laparotomy to remove a small fragment of the liver for histologic study. Biopsy of the liver is indicated in most patients who have a history of splenic or liver disease, or in the presence of a metastatic nodule. The specimen should not be taken from an area near the gallbladder, since the vascular and lymphatic connections between the liver and gallbladder are such that a pathologic process involving the gallbladder may have spread to the neighboring liver, and as a result the biopsy would not give a true picture of the liver as a whole. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/10 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127273391 ER -