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Biopsy
Research findings from Shimane University, Medical Department update understanding of biopsy
February 10th, 2009
"To determine the prophylactic effect of antibiotics administration in the prevention of infection following an ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy or treatment of liver tumors, we performed an open-labeled randomized prospective study of patients who received prophylactic antibiotics after undergoing those procedures. We studied 101 patients, with ultrasound-guided percutaneous aspiration biopsies of the liver performed in 48 to diagnose diffuse liver diseases or liver tumors, while percutaneous ethanol-injection therapy was performed in two patients with malignant liver tumors and percutaneous radiofrequency ablation was performed in 51 patients," investigators in Izumo, Japan...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-02-10)
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