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However, definitive diagnosis relies on biopsy, which can be performed through fine needle aspiration, core needle biopsy, or excisional biopsy. ...
The literature shows that pathologists, being only humans under considerable pressure, may miss cancer in up to 1-3% of prostate biopsies.2,3,4 Considering the over one million men who are diagnosed worldwide per year, this may reflect a large number of patients.5 Moreover, the subjectivity of Gleason grading and tumor quantification can result in difficulty assigning effective ...
Two needles with different trajectories were planned for a biopsy of the same lesion. ...
No real-time imaging feedback of the biopsy needle through the brain and location from where the specimen is extracted. ...
Here, it gives new meaning to transperineal- instead of puncturing the perineum several times at zero degrees, freehand accesses the prostate through a puncture point using an introducer or access needle positioned at (mostly) any angle. Once inserted through the needle guide, the probe directs the needle by pivoting around the puncture site.2 ...
” Leblond said a form of the device could also be incorporated into other instruments, such as specialized needles used for taking biopsies, to improve their accuracy; in surgical robots used to remove tumours in laparoscopic, or keyhole, operations; and for scope-based procedures such as a colonoscopy. ...
This time, I see exactly where my needle is projected to go. Within seconds I pinpoint the center of the tumor fearlessly and effortlessly. ...