A new safety device to prevent bleeding complications during stereotactic biopsy--the "stereotactic" Doppler sonography. Technical note.
To further reduce the incidence of haemorrhagic complications during stereotactic biopsy, the use of a microvascular Doppler system is proposed. The microprobes are fitted into the biopsy cannula to detect vessels in the neighbourhood of the target point. The first clinical results are promising.
D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012212:Rheology; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*