ArticleAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2005
Ultrasound guided synovial biopsy using portal and forceps.
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- Precision Medicine in Rheumatology: The Promise of Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsy, Barriers to Its Implementation in the United States, and Proposed Solutions.Current rheumatology reports · 2024Review
- Impact of the biopsy forceps size on histological analysis and performances of the histological scoring systems.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Synovial biopsies in clinical practice and research: current developments and perspectives.Clinical rheumatology · 2021Review
- Early Diagnosis of Giant Solitary Synovial Chondromatosis of the Hip Using Ultrasound-guided Synovial Biopsy: A Case Report.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2021Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsy: A Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Synovial Tissue Sampling in Rheumatological Practice-Past Developments and Future Perspectives.Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
- Synovial Tissue Biopsy Collection by Rheumatologists: Ready for Clinical Implementation?Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
- US-Guided Biopsies: Overarching Principles.Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
- Clinical Applications of Synovial Biopsy.Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
- Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsies of Wrists, Metacarpophalangeal, Metatarsophalangeal, Interphalangeal Joints, and Tendon Sheaths.Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
- Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy improves diagnosis of septic arthritis in acute arthritis without enough analyzable synovial fluid: a retrospective analysis of 176 arthritis from a French rheumatology department.Clinical rheumatology · 2018Article
- Methods for high-dimensional analysis of cells dissociated from cryopreserved synovial tissueArthritis research & therapy · 2018Article
- Transcriptional Profiling of Synovial Macrophages Using Minimally Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsies in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2018Article
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- Ultrasound-guided synovial Tru-cut biopsy: indications, technique, and outcome in 111 cases.European radiology · 2017Article
- Is there a role of synovial biopsy in drug development?BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2016Review
- Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy.The British journal of radiology · 2016Review
- Synovial membrane protein expression differs between juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes in early disease.Arthritis research & therapy · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe a new method for taking a synovial biopsy specimen under ultrasound guidance using portal and forceps.
methodsPercutaneous ultrasound guided biopsy was performed for 37 patients with mono- or polyarthritis as outpatients. A portal to a planned area was built using a needle, guiding wire, and dilators, through which forceps could be inserted and samples taken. Biopsy samples were taken from small and large joints, bursae, and tendon sheaths.
resultsRepresentative synovial tissue in adequate amounts for histopathological evaluation was obtained in 33/37 cases--a success rate of 89%. The biopsy procedures were well tolerated, but one complication of skin infection was encountered.
conclusionThe new method of synovium biopsy under ultrasound guidance using sheath introducer set and flexible forceps can be performed on most joints and even bursae and tendon sheaths. The method gives sufficient samples for clinical work in most cases, but further work is needed before accepting this promising technique for scientific purposes.
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