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PERCUTANEOUS TRANSPEDICULAR BIOPSY FOR VERTEBRAL LESIONS

  • H. SERDAR OZBARLAS
  • MAHİR GÜLŞEN
  • YAMAN SARPEL
  • GÜRBÜZ BAYTOK
  • MÜMİN ALTIN

J Turk Spinal Surg 1996;7(1):28-29

Percutaneous transpedicular biopsy technigue was performed for five cases of vertebral pathology. Under C-arm fluoroscopic corıtrol, the Kambin instruments were used for the pdocedure.

İn the operation room, the patients were biopsied under local anesthesia supplemented with liğht neuroleptic analgesia. Of the biopsies, two were metastatic disease, one vvas plasmocytoma, one was tuberculosis and one was non specific infection.

Keywords: Biopsy, percutenaous, spine, transpedicular,