Sentences with phrase «obtain needle biopsies»

Ultrasound is often used to complement digital radiography and is invaluable in allowing us to obtain needle biopsies of abnormal structures within the internal organs.

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Under local anaesthesia (1 % Xylocaine) a resting biopsy from the vastus lateralis of one leg was obtained 3 h after commencement of the tracer infusion using a 5 - mm Bergstrom needle modified with suction, during the first trial only.

To obtain the appropriate samples, your veterinarian may recommend one or more of various sampling techniques such as fine needle aspiration, punch biopsy and full excision.

Sometimes, obtaining the appropriate samples may involve specialized procedures, such as surgical biopsies, fine needle aspirates, or other specialized procedures performed under anesthesia.

To obtain the appropriate samples, your veterinarian may recommend one or more sampling techniques such as fine needle aspiration, punch biopsy, and full excision.

Your veterinarian may obtain this sample by performing a needle aspiration, a punch biopsy, a tissue biopsy or a full surgical excision.

Sometimes, the veterinarian can obtain these biopsy samples without surgery by directing a biopsy needle with an ultrasound machine; or using an apparatus called a laparoscope.

So you veterinarian will obtain as many snippets of tissue (biopsies) and needle aspirates as possible to have sent off to a pathologist.

When your veterinarian suspects a liver issue, a needle biopsy or one obtained through open surgery is really the only way to find the root cause.

Obtaining the appropriate samples may occasionally involve specialized procedures such as surgical biopsies, fine needle aspirates, or other specialized procedures performed under anesthesia.

We can use a slightly larger needle and try again, biopsy the lump (obtaining a small tissue sample), remove the entire lump with surgery, or monitor it carefully and see if it changes in a short period.

To confirm the diagnosis, a sample of bone marrow, obtained by needle aspiration or needle biopsy, may be required to confirm the diagnosis.

When urine, blood cultures, and serology have not identified a cause, CT or fluoroscopy - guided fine - needle aspiration of the infected disc space may be performed under general anesthesia, or a surgical biopsy specimen from the lesion can be obtained for culture.

Blood cultures in dogs yield positive results in about 45 % to 75 % of cases, and urine cultures are positive in about 25 % to 50 % of cases.1 Serologic testing for Brucella antibody and Aspergillus antigen may be performed.5 Cerebral spinal fluid analysis is often normal, but increased protein concentration (albuminocytologic dissociation) or a neutrophilic pleocytosis is occasionally observed.1 When urine, blood cultures, and serology have not identified a cause, CT or fluoroscopy - guided fine - needle aspiration of the infected disc space may be performed under general anesthesia, or a surgical biopsy specimen from the lesion can be obtained for culture.

In order to obtain the appropriate tissue samples, your veterinarian may recommend various sampling techniques, such as trans - tracheal washes, fine needle aspirates and surgical biopsy using bronchoscopy or exploratory surgery.