Safety and low cost of 'free hand' technique with ordinary antisepsis in abdominal US-guided fine-needle punctures: Clinical report of a four-year experience

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-134

  Caturelli, Eugenio ^a   Villani, Maria R ^a   Schiavone, Giuseppe ^a   Bruno, Francesco ^a   Decembrino, Francesco ^a   Tonti, Paolo ^a   Facciorusso, Domenico ^a   Giacobbe, Antonio ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen biopsy; Biopsy technology; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ABDOMEN; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031435080     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(97)10006-4     Document Type: Article

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