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Clinic Based Biopsy Vs. Theatre Biopsy Of Bone And Soft Tissue Extremity Tumours: Comparable Diagnostic Modalities, Waseem Ahmed, Masood Umer, Yasir Mohib, Rizwan Haroon Rashid
Clinic Based Biopsy Vs. Theatre Biopsy Of Bone And Soft Tissue Extremity Tumours: Comparable Diagnostic Modalities, Waseem Ahmed, Masood Umer, Yasir Mohib, Rizwan Haroon Rashid
Department of Surgery
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the diagnostic accuracy of clinic-based biopsy versus theatre biopsy against final histopathology in patients presenting with extremity tumours.
METHODS:
The retrospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised record of patients who underwent biopsy procedure of extremity tumours from January 2008 to December 2011. Data regarding socio-demographic status, disease-related and procedure-related variables were collected from the files. Histopathology report of biopsy was compared with the final histopathology after definite procedure of the tumour for concordance.
RESULTS:
Of the 87 patients whose records were reviewed, 42(48%) had undergone biopsy in theatre and 45(52%) …