results in the first series, cellularity and blood levels were significantly lower in capillary-fnb compared with cfnb (p < 0.001 and p = 0.011, respectively). there was no significant difference between cfnb and vacfnb in cellularity and blood (p = 0.15 and p = 0.1, respectively). in the second series, cellularity was significantly higher in cfnb compared with vacfnb (p < 0.001) with no signif...

background and objectives: fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) is an established out- patient procedure used in primary diagnosis of palpable thyroid lesions. a modified technique fine needle capillary sampling (fncs) obviates the need of suction, is less painful, patient friendly and reported to overcome the problem of inadequate and bloody specimens. the aim of our study was to compare the...

background: good cytological sample is very important for the cytological diagnosis of thyroid nodules. the aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of prepared samples by the combination of aspiration and non- aspiration fine needle biopsy. methods: in this descriptive – analytical study, sampling was done simultaneously for each patient in fine needle aspiration and non-aspiration biops...

background and objectives:breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. fine needle aspiration biopsy (fnab) is one of the methods of breast biopsy which is fast, easy and cost effective. the aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance rate between pathologic results of sonography or stereotaxy guided fnab and guided core needle biopsy (cnb) in the evaluation of breast le...

conclusions there is clinical utility in knowing the relative deflection of various needle tips. when a procedure requires a needle to be steered around obstacles, or along non-collinear targets, the predictable and large amount of deflection obtained through use of a beveled spinal needle may prove beneficial. materials and methods six needles commonly used in spinal procedures (quincke, short...

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   18F-FDG is the most commonly used radioisotope in PET scanning and is administered intravenously. When patients cannot cannulated, there are limited options available for functional tumour assessment. A fifty year old male presented for investigation of a suspected lung carcinoma identified during investigation of pneumonia. The patient had a severe needle phobia, intellectual dis...