Sometimes,
your doctor will ask you for a liver biopsy - either to
secure the diagnose and/or to determine the stage of your
disease
The liver biopsy is performed under local anesthesia. A
small piece of the liver is removed by a needle either through
the right side of your body or - under ultrasound - directly
across the belly. This is an essentially harmless procedure
lasting less than a second. The most frequent adverse effect
is pain which disappears after a day in most cases. Bleeding
complications are rare. The tissue is then examined under
the microscope.
