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Essential equipment: Biopsy needles
Purpose
The ideal biopsy needle provides a diagnostic tissue sample at the lowest possible risk.
Description
Needles are usually characterised by their mechanism of action into aspiration and core biopsy needles.
Aspiration needles
Purpose
To safely provide a sample of a few cells for cytological, biochemical and microbiological analysis. Cytology can be enough to confirm malignancy but doesn't give any “architectural” information.
Description
Most aspiration samples are taken with standard 21G needles or spinal/ Chiba needles.
Measurements
Length (cm)
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