title: Vertebral trephine biopsy.
abstract: Vertebral trephine biopsy is a safe and swift method of diagnosis of vertebral abnormality. The procedure is no more disturbing for the patient than lumbar puncture, and saves the patient, radiologist and clinician, considerable time and effort.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology