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Technical success was defined as needle placement within the target lesion. Diagnostic yield was defined as histologically adequate samples enabling clinical diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Four hundred splenic biopsies from 92 centers were included. Technical success was achieved in 99.00% of procedures. The complication rate was 5.00%, including 2.50% major complications with no procedure-related deaths. Complication rates were higher for procedures performed under local anesthesia than analgesic sedation (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.042).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Histopathological reports were available for 338 procedures, resulting in a diagnostic yield of 90.83%. Diagnostic yield increased with the number of biopsy samples, reaching a maximum with three samples. Procedures performed under analgesic sedation showed a higher diagnostic yield than those under local anesthesia (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.019).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Image-guided percutaneous splenic biopsy is a safe and effective diagnostic procedure with high technical success and diagnostic yield. 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Schaarschmidt received a research funding from PharmaCept GmbH and Bayer AG for research projects not related to this paper, a travel grant form Bayer AG and is a speaker for AstraZeneca, Boston Scientific and Siemens Healthineers. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.","order":1,"name":"Ethics","label":"Conflict of interest","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"This study was approved by the local ethics committee of University Hospital Essen (26\u201312887-BO). The requirement for informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study and anonymized data analysis.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","label":"Ethical Approval","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}}]}}