title: Bowel lesions: percutaneous US-guided 18-gauge needle biopsy--preliminary experience.
abstract: Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous biopsy was performed with local anesthesia and an 18-gauge needle in 10 patients with bowel-wall lesions. All patients underwent clinical review within 1 month. Biopsy was diagnostic in all patients. There were no complications, and all patients tolerated the procedure well. The technique appears to be safe and had an excellent diagnostic yield in our series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, England, UK.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Tudor
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional