wedge biopsy

By the time the wedge biopsy was taken, the bleeding had slowed dramatically.

A wedge biopsy under local anesthesia is usually done.

Wedge biopsy is the favored method of diagnosis.

Initial confirmation of the suspicion can be done with a small wedge biopsy or small punch biopsy.

Thin deep wedge biopsies can heal very well on acral skin, and small punch biopsies can give enough clue to the malignant nature of the lesion.

A videoscopic assisted thoracoscopic wedge biopsy (VATS) under general anesthesia may be necessary to obtain enough tissue to make an accurate diagnosis.

Anaplasia was identified in only three out of the nine patients when an open wedge biopsy was performed and in seven out of nine patients who had a partial or complete nephrectomy.