Diagnostic Accuracy and Charge-Savings of Outpatient Core Needle Biopsy Compared with Open Biopsy of Musculoskeletal Tumors*
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 78 (5) , 644-9
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199605000-00002
Abstract
We performed a prospective study of sixty-two patients who were managed with a closed core needle biopsy in an outpatient clinic for a soft-tissue mass or a bone tumor with soft-tissue extension between August 1, 1992, and June 1, 1994. Eight (13 per cent) of the closed core needle biopsiesKeywords
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