Liver biopsy

[ru-fi-do]

Can anyone tell me anything about them? my girl is going into the vets for the week next week, she may have to have a liver biopsy done as her enzymes are quite raised and they have been like this since before christmas and the vets can't find any reason why. She has had all function, worm and bile tests and they are all ok.
She has also got a poorly leg from a old kick injury (you may have seen pictures in my other posts from a couple of weeks ago?) she is currently having laser and ultrasound to try and break the callous(sp) lump down so she will also be having this done everyday and will be re-scanned and X-rayed.
Mon-Fri without my girl what will i do with myself!

 

[spaniel]

The biopsy is sometimes carried out under a general anaesthetic and sometimes just with a local. It involves a long biopsy needle being inserted through the horses side and a small piece of liver collected. It leaves a very small shaved wound.

 

[samp]

It is done under Local anaesthetic and is carried out with the use of an ultrasound scan for guidance. It is fairly staright forward procedure.

 

[Klaudette]

Hmmm. May I ask why she will be there a week!? In my experience horses come in the night before. Sedate and clip (a huge area!) local anaesthetic, small skin incision, biopsy taken (ultrasound guidance), few skin staples in wound. Then home the following day.....

 

[Klaudette]

Ah, have just re-read your initial post! She is having other 'work' done... Had a very long day!

 

[ru-fi-do]

Thank you for your replies, i'm quite nervous about it but hopefully if her bloods are better she may not have to have it done, she's going to have a horrible week bless her she will probably not go in the trailer again! But hopefully we will have some answers for her liver she has been on Milk thistle and Bvitamins but they haven't seemed to help much (been on them 8 weeks now) maybe we should wait longer? She has still got to go in anyway for the work on her leg. Fingers crossed for her!