While mild soreness lasting 12–24 hours is common after a<unk> , serious complications are extremely rare. In a large review, an estimated 55,000<unk> s were performed, with 26 serious adverse events (0.05%), including one fatality. The same author collected data on over 19,000<unk> s performed in the United Kingdom in 2003, and found 16 adverse events (0.08% of total procedures), the most common of which was bleeding. In this report, complications, while rare, were serious in individual cases.
Bone marrow examination
Chromatography in blood processing
Iron tests
Blood smear
Cranial nerve examination
Peripheral vascular examination
Ultrasonography of liver tumors
Pulmonary examination