SEMI-OPEN MUSCLE BIOPSY TECHNIQUE - SIMPLE OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (6) , 317-323
Abstract
An easy and safe method for muscle biopsy is described. The biopsy instrument is an alligator forceps (Weil-Blakesley''s conchotome). With this method an adequate amount of muscle tissue can be obtained for chemical and morphological studies. The method combines the advantage of the open-surgical method (i.e., sufficient quantity of material) with the advantages of the needle methods (i.e., easy to perform, not incapacitating and only slightly uncomfortable for the patient). Of 959 consecutive biopsies with this method, only 19 were impossible to evaluate because of too much artifact or too little tissue.

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