Assessment of bone biopsy needles for sample size, specimen quality and ease of use

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 329-335

  Roberts, Catherine C ^a   Morrison, W B ^b   Leslie, K O ^a   Carrino, J A ^c   Lozevski, J L ^d   Liu, P T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone lesions; Drill; Needle; Percutaneous biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; COST; EQUIPMENT; LAMB; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEEDLES; SAMPLE SIZE; SHEEP;

EID: 19444386719     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0859-6     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Jelinek JS, Murphey MD, Welker JA, et al. Diagnosis of primary bone tumors with image-guided percutaneous biopsy: Experience with 110 tumors. Radiology 2002; 223:731-737.
2. Dupuy DE, Rosenberg AE, Punyaratabandhu T, Tan MH, Mankin HJ. Accuracy of CT-guided needle biopsy of musculoskeletal neoplasms. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1998; 171:759-762.
3. Welker JA, Henshaw RM, Jelinek J, Shmookler BM, Malawer MM. The percutaneous needle biopsy is safe and recommended in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal masses. Cancer 2000; 89:2677-2686.
4. Hopper KD, Grenko RT, TenHave TR, Hartzel J, Sturtz KW, Savage CA. Percutaneous biopsy of the liver and kidney by using coaxial technique: adequacy of the specimen obtained with three different needles in vitro. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1995; 164:221-224.
5. Wilke HJ, Kettler A, Wenger KH, Claes LE. Anatomy of the sheep spine and its comparison to the human spine. Anat Rec 1997; 247:542-555. 10.1002/ (SICI)1097-0185(199704)247:4<542::AID-AR13>3.0.CO;2-P
6. Moreno J, Forriol F. Effects of preservation on the mechanical strength and chemical composition of cortical bone: An experimental study in sheep femora. Biomaterials 2002; 23:2615-2619.
7. Borchers RE, Gibson LJ, Burchardt H, Hayes WC. Effects of selected thermal variables on the mechanical properties of trabecular bone. Biomaterials 1995; 16:545-551.