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Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting
BACKGROUND: Percutaneous needle biopsy has been found to be a safe and accurate method for the initial investigation of soft tissue masses. The notion exists that needle biopsies should be performed in specialized sarcoma centers, which can place a financial burden on patients without a sarcoma cent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30008580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1657864 |
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author | Walker, J. Brock Stockwell, Erin Worhacz, Kellen Kang, Paul Decomas, Amalia |
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description | BACKGROUND: Percutaneous needle biopsy has been found to be a safe and accurate method for the initial investigation of soft tissue masses. The notion exists that needle biopsies should be performed in specialized sarcoma centers, which can place a financial burden on patients without a sarcoma center near their place of residence. There is no consensus in the current literature regarding the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of clinic-based percutaneous core needle biopsy performed by community orthopedic surgeons with fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: Our primary goal was to determine if office-based core needle biopsy of soft tissue masses could safely yield accurate diagnoses when performed by a community orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 105 patients who underwent percutaneous core needle biopsy of soft tissue masses in a community clinic. All procedures were performed by one fellowship-trained musculoskeletal oncologist. Accuracy of the initial clinic-based needle biopsy was determined through comparison to the results of pathological analysis of the surgically excised masses. Final data analysis included 69 patients who underwent both clinic-based biopsy and subsequent surgical excision of their masses. RESULTS: We found clinic-based biopsies to be 87.0% accurate for exact diagnosis and 94.2% accurate in determining whether the mass was benign or malignant (p < 0.0001). Minor complications related to the clinic-based biopsy occurred in 5.80% of cases, with no documentation of major complications. CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide evidence that office-based percutaneous biopsy can be administered safely and yield accurate, clinically useful results when performed by a fellowship-trained musculoskeletal oncologist. |
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spelling | pubmed-60204962018-07-15 Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting Walker, J. Brock Stockwell, Erin Worhacz, Kellen Kang, Paul Decomas, Amalia Sarcoma Research Article BACKGROUND: Percutaneous needle biopsy has been found to be a safe and accurate method for the initial investigation of soft tissue masses. The notion exists that needle biopsies should be performed in specialized sarcoma centers, which can place a financial burden on patients without a sarcoma center near their place of residence. There is no consensus in the current literature regarding the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of clinic-based percutaneous core needle biopsy performed by community orthopedic surgeons with fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: Our primary goal was to determine if office-based core needle biopsy of soft tissue masses could safely yield accurate diagnoses when performed by a community orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 105 patients who underwent percutaneous core needle biopsy of soft tissue masses in a community clinic. All procedures were performed by one fellowship-trained musculoskeletal oncologist. Accuracy of the initial clinic-based needle biopsy was determined through comparison to the results of pathological analysis of the surgically excised masses. Final data analysis included 69 patients who underwent both clinic-based biopsy and subsequent surgical excision of their masses. RESULTS: We found clinic-based biopsies to be 87.0% accurate for exact diagnosis and 94.2% accurate in determining whether the mass was benign or malignant (p < 0.0001). Minor complications related to the clinic-based biopsy occurred in 5.80% of cases, with no documentation of major complications. CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide evidence that office-based percutaneous biopsy can be administered safely and yield accurate, clinically useful results when performed by a fellowship-trained musculoskeletal oncologist. Hindawi 2018-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6020496/ /pubmed/30008580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1657864 Text en Copyright © 2018 J. Brock Walker et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Walker, J. Brock Stockwell, Erin Worhacz, Kellen Kang, Paul Decomas, Amalia Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting |
title | Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting |
title_full | Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting |
title_fullStr | Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting |
title_full_unstemmed | Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting |
title_short | Safety and Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses in an Ambulatory Setting |
title_sort | safety and accuracy of core needle biopsy for soft tissue masses in an ambulatory setting |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30008580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1657864 |
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