CT-guided percutaneous needle of intrathoracic lesions by using the transsternal approach: Experience in 37 patients

Radiology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-62

  Gupta, S ^a   Wallace, M J ^a   Morello F A , Jr ^a   Ahrar, K ^a   Hicks, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsies, technology; Mediastinum, biopsy; Mediastinum, CT; Mediastinum, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STERNUM; THORAX TUMOR;

EID: 0036135367     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2221010614     Document Type: Article

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