Curved needle technique for the avoidance of interposed structures in CT-guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy
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1York District General Hospital, England, UK.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
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.
