Real-time fluoroscopic needle guidance in the interventional radiology suite using navigational software for percutaneous bone biopsies in children.
Sphoorti ShellikeriRandolph M SetserTiffany J HwangAbhay SrinivasanGanesh KrishnamurthySeth VatskyErin GirardXiaowei ZhuMarc S KellerAnne Marie CahillPublished in: Pediatric radiology (2017)
In our experience, navigational software technology in the IR suite is a promising alternative to CT guidance for pediatric bone biopsies providing comparable technical success and diagnostic accuracy with lower radiation dose and procedure time, in addition to providing real-time fluoroscopic needle guidance.