Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...

The team found that routine follow-up biopsy, previously considered essential ... so physicians relied on traditional ultrasound-guided biopsies, which can sometimes miss important tumors or lead to ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

The doctor puts an ultrasound probe into your rectum. They might take samples of tissue from the prostate during this test. This is a TRUS guided biopsy. It can help to diagnose prostate cancer. You ...

In this Healio Video Perspective, Andrew G. Lee, MD, discusses whether temporal artery ultrasound can be used in place of ...

Biopsies guided by high resolution ultrasound are as effective as those using MRI in diagnosing prostate cancer, an international clinical trial has shown. The technology, called micro-ultrasound ...

Ultrasound guided biopsies usually take up to 45 minutes to complete. An MRI guided biopsy can provide more detailed images, may take slightly longer, and involve contrast dye. Healthcare staff ...

The combined approach provided very reasonable outcomes, considering the dual source of pain associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy. Pain associated with transrectal biopsy varies ...

A transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy is a surgical procedure used to obtain tissue cores in order to diagnose or exclude the presence of cancer. As such, the technique carries its own ...

You need to stop taking these drugs for a few days before your biopsy. If you have it under local anaesthetic, your doctor puts an anaesthetic into the perineum. This can sting for a few seconds ...