title: Biopsy.
abstract: Obtaining tissue for diagnosis of bone and soft-tissue tumors is one of the goals of all biopsies. The biopsy, however, must be well planned so as to avoid creating inadvertent tumor spread, thereby compromising the ability to perform limb-sparing resectional surgery.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Administration Hospital, Georgia, USA.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Aboulafia
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D018204:Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*