title: [The cost effectiveness of echography biopsy].
abstract: Ecopsy is a postmortem technique which, by means of echography-guided puncture and/or aspiration obtains material for histological analysis. This study compared cost and time employed in 100 ecopsies and 100 classic necropsies and confirmed that cost of materials in ecopsy is 65% lower than that in necropsy. Physicians, necropsy technicians, laboratory technicians and secretary team personnel spent 33%, 54%, 19% and 32% less time than in necropsy. The clinical report of ecopsy was finished within nine days even with the brain study included.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica II, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fariña
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Millana
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fernández-Aceñero
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López-Asenjo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Furió
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aragoncillo
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Salto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Rentabilidad de la ecopsia.