A new instrument for bone drill biopsy.
Modern treatment of bone tumors requires more biopsies to be taken for diagnosis and evaluation of treatment. Two types of bone biopsy are distinguished: Open, and closed or drill biopsies. Both have advocates and adversaries. We describe a new instrument for drill biopsy which is easy to handle.
de Vries
J
J
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Karthaus
A J
AJ
D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans