Drill-Assisted Biopsy of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton: Safety, Technical Success, and Diagnostic Efficacy

Adam N. Wallace, Sebastian R. McWilliams, Andrew Wallace, Randy O. Chang, Devin Vaswani, Robert E. Stone, Ari N. Berlin, Kevin X. Liu, Brian Gilcrease-Garcia, Thomas P. Madaelil, Ramy A. Shoela, Travis J. Hillen, Jeremiah Long, Jack W. Jennings

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety, technical success rate, and diagnostic efficacy of drill-assisted axial and appendicular bone biopsies. During a 3-y period, 703 drill-assisted biopsies were performed. The cohort included 54.2% men, with a mean age of 57.6 y ± 17.1. Median lesion volume was 10.9 mL (interquartile range, 3.4–30.2 mL). Lesions were lytic (31.7%), sclerotic (21.2%), mixed lytic and sclerotic (27.7%), or normal radiographic bone quality (19.3%). No complications were reported. The technical biopsy success rate was 99.9%. Crush artifact was present in 5.8% of specimens submitted for surgical pathologic examination, and 2.1% of specimens were inadequate for histologic evaluation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1618-1622
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume27
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2016

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