Blunt-tip coaxial introducer: A revisited tool for difficult CT-guided biopsy in the chest and abdomen

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  De Bazelaire, Cedric ^a   Farges, Cecile ^a   Mathieu, Olivier ^a   Zagdanski, Anne Marie ^a   Bourrier, Pierre ^a   Frija, Jacques ^a   De Kerviler, Eric ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Blunt tip stylet; Coaxial biopsy; Difficult to reach target; Pelvis; Thorax

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLUNT TIP COAXIAL INTRODUCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAXIAL INTRODUCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; THORAX WALL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 68149124207     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2125     Document Type: Article

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