Ultrasound-guided biopsies in the abdomen and pelvis

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-68

  Winter, Thomas C ^a,b   Lee Jr , Fred T ^a   Hinshaw, J Louis ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Guidance; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; BONE BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFECTION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MESENTERY; NEEDLE; PAIN; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN FUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPLEEN FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PELVIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 41849122254     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e318168c869     Document Type: Review

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