Study shows combined endobronchial ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound (CUS) is a highly reliable tool for ruling out N2 ...

Learn about Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia (PASH) of the breast, its diagnosis, hormonal influences, and holistic ...

Sonographic imaging descriptors combined with histopathological diagnoses can improve the accuracy of assessing benign breast ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

We present data from a series of 77 consecutive patients in whom ultrasound-guided pneumothorax induction and LAT were attempted ... in the mid-axillary line), the procedure was either postponed or ...

A stiff steel needle for fine needle aspiration biopsy is the 'core' of this biopsy instrument. The needle is manipulated by a handle piston in the biopsy handle (Fig. 1). The handle piston can be ...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the incidence, predisposing factors, and time-course of epididymitis after transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) needle biopsy of the prostate gland. METHODS: A total of 739 ...

All patients underwent ultrasonography of lymph nodes. If the cause of lymphadenopathy could not be diagnosed, the patient would undergo an ultrasound-guided needle biopsy. The criteria for inclusion ...

The bleakness of Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle is intimate and inescapable. Loosely inspired by the story of Dagmar Overbye, a Danish child caretaker turned serial killer in the ...

A needle goes through the tube to your liver. Tissue samples are removed through the tube. If your provider wants to remove a small sample in a certain part of your liver, the biopsy may be done in ...

During the push-cutting process, the touch tissue being cut under the acupotomy could be clearly felt. After the cutting was completed, the needle was removed. Figure 4. Schematic diagram of probe ...

After two minutes, a bi-planer 7.5 MHz ultrasound ... targeted biopsy cores were taken using visual estimation (or cognitive biopsies), via a standard brachytherapy grid and guided by evaluating ...