Percutaneous US-guided Renal Biopsy: A Retrospective Study Comparing the 16-gauge End-cut and 14-gauge Side-notch Needles

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Constantin, Andre ^a   Brisson, Marie Laure ^a   Kwan, Janet ^a   Proulx, Francesca ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14 GAUGE NEEDLE; 16 GAUGE NEEDLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 76449097927     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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