title: Diagnostic techniques: closed biopsy of bone.
abstract: Closed biopsy of bone has proven to be a useful and accurate method of establishing the diagnosis of certain primary and secondary bone tumors, infections, and metabolic disorders. The use of a Craig needle for biopsy has simplified this technique and has provided the orthopedic surgeon with an excellent diagnostic tool.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology