open biopsy

Do not eat or drink anything for 10 hours before an open biopsy.

An open biopsy can be done using local or general anesthesia.

It would take an open biopsy - surgery - to get a full diagnosis.

An open biopsy may be done in the operating room, with or without a general anesthetic.

However, in doubtful cases, open biopsy or resection should be considered.

An open biopsy is done by a general surgeon, gynecologist, or family medicine doctor.

A lumpectomy to remove a breast tumor is a type of open biopsy.

In an open biopsy, a doctor uses a surgical knife to remove a sample of tissue.

An open biopsy makes a cut in the skin and removes the lymph node.

An open biopsy takes about 60 minutes.

An open biopsy (a hollow needle is inserted through a hole in the skull into the brain).

But in some cases you may have another procedure, such as a core needle biopsy or an open biopsy.

An open biopsy consists of surgically removing all or part of a node.

An open biopsy uses surgery to make a cut (incision) between the ribs and remove a sample of lung tissue.

Alternatively, an "open biopsy" can be performed by obtaining the muscle tissue through a small surgical incision.

An open biopsy is a procedure in which a surgical incision (cut) is made through the skin to expose and remove tissues.

Open biopsy and lymph node dissection let your doctor take a bigger sample than a needle biopsy.

Accurate determination of biological characteristics, such as INPC system, usually requires an open biopsy.

An open biopsy may be done in the doctor's office or in the hospital, and may use local anesthesia or general anesthesia.

Histologic categories determined by FNA patterns correlated well with open biopsy histology across all patterns in 94% of cases.

The tumor is treated with preoperative chemotherapy and was biopsied (using Tru-cut biopsy, open biopsy, or fine-needle aspiration) before removal.

A duodenal ulcer was defined as a mucosal defect of greater than 5 mm in diameter, measured by comparison with open biopsy forceps of known size.

Eventually the correct diagnosis was made in seven patients after repeated endoscopic biopsies (case 1 and 2, Hambly and Blundell), open biopsy or examination or surgical specimens.

A core-needle biopsy or limited open biopsy that obtains an adequate amount of tissue for histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular genetics is mandatory, given the diagnostic importance of translocations.

An open biopsy is usually done when the other methods of lung biopsy have not been successful, cannot be used, or when a larger piece of lung tissue is needed for a diagnosis.