Outcomes of transjugular liver biopsies for liver transplant recipients with bicaval and piggyback hepatic vein anastomoses.

TLB is safe and effective for liver transplant patients regardless of the type of hepatic vein anastomosis. While failure to catheterize or advance the stiffened biopsy cannula into the hepatic vein is more likely to occur in patients with piggyback anastomoses, this is a rare occurrence.