Curved needle technique for the avoidance of interposed structures in CT-guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy.

Autor: Warnock NG; York District General Hospital, England, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of computer assisted tomography [J Comput Assist Tomogr] 1996 Sep-Oct; Vol. 20 (5), pp. 826-8.
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199609000-00031
Abstrakt: A previously unreported technique by which interposed structures can be avoided in CT-guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy is described. Fine gauge biopsy needles are curved before insertion, either directly or through a coaxial guidance needle. The are described by the needle allows an intervening structure to be avoided.
Databáze: MEDLINE