title: Needle holder for use with a biopsy gun.
abstract: The authors designed and constructed a simple needle holder device for maintaining the position of the trocar and cannula before performance of computed tomography (CT)- and ultrasonography-guided biopsies with a biopsy gun. The holder can be removed before attachment of the biopsy gun and routine obtaining of tissue. Use of the holder facilitated quicker and easier CT-guided biopsies of the liver (n = 3), pancreas (n = 1), and adrenal gland (n = 1) and of a chest wall tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MO 63106.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chenoweth
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography