THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the thyroid gland, with particular reference to its triage role in the investigation of thyroid nodules. A ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsies of soft tissue tumors are often not fully diagnostic on conventional Papanicolaou or Giemsa stains. Often, more useful information can be gleaned from preparing cell ...

A wide variety of masses in the head and neck, including those in the major salivary glands, can be approached by fine needle aspiration. In many instances, a correct definitive diagnosis con be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Expanding its bone grafting portfolio, Medtronic, Inc. announced in a press release the launch of the MARROWMAX ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;21(11):1646-1655. A cooperative patient is an important condition for a complication-free performance of the biopsy. Sudden movements have to be avoided to prevent ...

Predictors of clinical response to interleukin-2--based immunotherapy in melanoma patients: a French multiinstitutional study. A total of 1,140 operations were performed from 1972 to 1979, and 35 ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Ultrasonographically guided needle aspiration -- a minimally invasive treatment for uncomplicated superficial skin abscesses -- has a failure rate of almost three in four, researchers reported. In a ...

Boston Scientific launched its Expect 19 Flex Endoscopic Ultrasound Aspiration Needle for use in acquiring tissue samples from organs adjacent to the GI tract under endoscopic ultrasound guidance, ...

One hundred and two transtracheal aspirations were performed in 94 hospitalized patients with various kinds of bronchopulmonary disease. Sixty-two of the 102 procedures were performed on patients who ...