Bending percutaneous drainage catheters to facilitate CT-guided insertion using curved trocar technique.

Adam S YoungPaul B ShynOren W JohnsonNisha I SainaniRichard D NawfelStuart G Silverman

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2017)

The curved catheter trocar technique is a safe and effective modification of the standard trocar technique that may facilitate CT-guided procedures impeded by CT gantry size limitations.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
ultrasound guided
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging