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Title:

MR and CT Imaging to Optimize CT-Guided Biopsies in Suspected Spondylodiscitis.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Foreman, Sarah C; Schwaiger, Benedikt J; Gempt, Jens; Jungmann, Pia M; Kehl, Victoria; Delbridge, Claire; Wantia, Nina; Zimmer, Claus; Kirschke, Jan S
Abstract:
The diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT)-guided spinal biopsy in patients with suspected spondylodiscitis is reported inconsistently in the literature. Our aim was to evaluate associations between procedural, clinical, and imaging parameters and the diagnostic yield of CT-guided spinal biopsy.One hundred and two procedures performed in 87 patients with clinically suggested spondylodiscitis were analyzed retrospectively. Preprocedural magnetic resonance (MR) and CT images were evaluated r...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
World Neurosurg
Year:
2017
Journal volume:
99
Pages contribution:
726-734.e7
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.11.017
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27840205
Print-ISSN:
1878-8750
TUM Institution:
Fachgebiet Neuroradiologie (Prof. Zimmer); Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie; Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene; Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie; Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
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