Ultrasound-guided biopsies of the abdomen

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-268

  Khati, Nadia Juliet ^a   Gorodenker, Joseph ^a   Hill, Michael C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; biopsy abdomen; biopsy pelvis; fine needle aspiration; ultrasound; ultrasound guided biopsies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PELVIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BIOPSY; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 82455174545     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3182394101     Document Type: Review

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