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Cook Medical's 25-gauge biopsy needle debuts at Calif. event

Cook Medical has expanded its EchoTip ProCore portfolio with a new 25-guage biopsy needle targeted for endoscopic ultrasound  -More- 

Lung Plug System Prevents Postbiopsy Pneumothorax

A lung-biopsy tract plug allows physicians to apply a special hydrogel to the needle entrance site, blocking air from...

Preoperative Needle Biopsy Improves Breast Cancer Treatment

A new study has found that preoperative needle breast biopsies can show results equal to those of traditional open biopsy....

Air Embolism During Core Needle Biopsy of the Lung

For lung biopsies, what steps can be taken to prevent air embolism? BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Preoperative needle breast biopsies can lead to improved treatment outcomes

(American College of Surgeons) Women suspected of having breast cancer now have more reasons to be diagnosed with a needle biopsy instead of a traditional open surgical biopsy. Besides avoiding the r...

Improved Treatment Outcomes With Preoperative Needle Breast Biopsies

Women suspected of having breast cancer now have more reasons to be diagnosed with a needle biopsy instead of a traditional open surgical biopsy. Besides avoiding the risks and discomfort of an open s...

Angiotech's lung biopsy device gains expanded FDA clearance

The FDA has cleared Angiotech to market its Bio-Seal Lung Biopsy Tract Plug System for use in sealing punctures and minimizin -More- 

Cook Medical adds 25 gage needle to line of FNB histology portfolio

Cook Medical has added a 25 gage needle to its EchoTip ProCore line of fine needle biopsy (FNB) histology needles, which are designed for use in a procedure known as endoscopic ultrasound, or EUS. The...

Biopsy sampling of breast lesions: comparison of core needle- and vacuum-assisted breast biopsies.

Needle biopsy is now the initial investigation of choice for the pre-operative diagnosis of breast lesions. This includes core needle biopsy (CNB) and vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) with or without radi...

Core needle biopsy in benign lung lesions: pathologic findings in 159 cases.

Although core needle biopsy has been shown to be an accurate means of diagnosing lung malignancies, there is relatively little information in the literature about its utility in diagnosing specific no...

Prevention of Needle-Tract Seeding by Two-Step Freezing after Lung Cancer Biopsy.

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy is a method to detect malignancy for undetermined pulmonary nodules, but has the potential to spread malignant cells from the tumor to the pleural cavity or chest wall. W...

CT-guided robotic needle biopsy of lung nodules with respiratory motion - experimental system and preliminary test.

BACKGROUND: CT-guided needle biopsy of lung nodules requires breath holding during needle placement, and is thus inapplicable to patients with difficulty in holding breath. METHODS: A robotic needle b...

Renal Biopsy: Comparative Yield of Cranial vs. Caudal Needle Trajectory. An Ex Vivo Analysis.

AIM: to compare the diagnostic quality of tissue cores obtained using cranial and caudal angulation of the renal biopsy needle. Comparison was made in terms of the number of glomeruli and proportion o...