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Tru-cut needle [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

Currently, tissue sampling for the diagnosis of prostatic cancer is performed transrectally using thin Tru-cut needles loaded in automatic spring-driven devices.

CONT

We test more breast cancers than any other single type of tumor. We get successful assays on 95% of all breast cancers that come in our door. We get high quality results from Tru-cut needle biopsies (as long as we can get a number of different "cores").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

Quel que soit le mode de repérage, digital «aveugle» ou échoguidé, la biopsie prostatique s'effectue à l'aide d'une aiguille type «Trucut» (14 Gauge, ou 18 Gauge en cas d'utilisation du «biopsy gun»).

Spanish

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