Summary
In order to test, whether chronic hepatic diseases might be deteriorated by bioptic
examinations, transaminase activities were examined before and soon after liver biopsy
in 350 patients. In healthy persons and persons with minor histological changes in
the liver a slight or moderate, but only transient increase of GOT and GPT activities
was observed after liver biopsy. No significant increase of transaminase activities
was observed in those patients, who exhibited already increased activities before
liver biopsy (patients with chronic hepatitis, chronic cholangitis, cirrhosis and
fatty liver).
Real and continous activation of the liver process was seen only in some patients
with cholangitis and partial bile-duct obstruction.
Key-Words
Peritoneoscopy - Liver-Biopsy - Alteration of the liver
1 Vortrag am 16.10.1970 auf dem Europäischen Endoskopie-Kongreß in München 1970.
