Coaxial cutting needle biopsies: how important is it to rotate the cutting needle between passes?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 808-811

  Coucher, J R ^a   Dimmick, S J ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; ROTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250807947     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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