[3] Authoritative literature [13] suggests that a biopsy 1.5 cm long suffices ... except for the needle, which was a 16-G Menghini needle in all cases. The gold standard was, here again, the ...

In the study by Baunsgaard et al, [58] two specimens were simultaneously taken from the right lobe, 4 to 6 cm apart, in 70 patients using a Menghini needle. The indications for liver biopsy were ...