Patients and Methods: A total of 139 patients (age range, 18–89 years; mean, 62.5 years) underwent CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy or 20-gauge core biopsy using an automated ...

Mixed opinions exist on the effect of the nodule size on diagnostic accuracy of percutaneous lung biopsies. Poe and Tobin reported no difference in diagnostic yield between small and large nodules.

DAR ES SALAAM, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The 34th batch of the Chinese medical team in Tanzania's Zanzibar has successfully conducted the region's first-ever CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy, marking a ...

A liver biopsy needle helps doctors collect a small sample of tissue during a percutaneous liver biopsy. This is a specific type of liver biopsy that involves inserting a needle into a person’s ...

Dupuytren’s contracture is a hand condition that gradually causes the connective tissue under the skin of the palm to thicken ...

and a percutaneous tracheostomy kit. This kit generally includes a number 15 surgical scalpel blade, an introducer needle, a guidewire, a small tracheal dilator, a protective sheath, a single ...

A panel recently convened at the International Consensus Conference on Image Detected Breast Cancer III unanimously agreed that percutaneous needle biopsy is the way to go and should be the "gold ...

(HealthDay)—Percutaneous needle-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) can differentiate renal masses, according to a study published in the May issue of The Journal of Urology. Peter G.K ...

A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (per-kew-tay-nee-us trans-hep-attic col ... If your bile duct is blocked your doctor may put a drain or stent in so the bile can drain. Your doctor puts a ...

2 To determine whether the NSPA has had an effect on the rate of percutaneous injuries among hospital employees, we used a historical, prospective design, with the use of a multihospital sharps ...