AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Open-Needle Technique May Be as Safe as a Trocar in Amnio.
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. -- Use of an open-needle technique for drawing fetal amniotic fluid samples is at least as safe as using a trocar and may be much easier on the patient, Dr. Helen Steed said at the annual meeting of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
With the open-needle technique, amniocentesis can be performed under continuous ultrasound guidance in a single position. The perinatologist holds the ultrasound probe in one hand and the needle in the other. Because there's no need to remove a trocar, there's less manipulation, resulting in less patient anxiety and pain, explained Dr. Steed of the department of ob.gyn. at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alta.
In a retrospective study, Dr. Steed and her colleagues at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, compared their outcomes using the open-needle technique with those of ...
- Research conducted at Department of Agriculture has provided new information...
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter November 3, 2009 700+ words
...compared a spray inoculation technique with the side-needle technique and natural infection for inducing aflatoxin contamination...2000 to 2006." "Hybrids inoculated using the side-needle technique consistently had high levels of aflatoxin contamination...
- Researchers from University of Bonn provide details of new studies and findings...
- Newspaper article from: Chemicals & Chemistry June 19, 2009 700+ words
...The researchers concluded: "A serviceable and convenient way to handle air-sensitive and cold liquids by it transfer needle technique is described." Beck and colleagues published their study in Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie (Donor...
- Ancient Healing; Acupuncture schools are cropping up as more people choose the...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times July 15, 2002 700+ words
...The testing process, which costs $900, involves passing a needle technique course, and written and point-location exams. David Molony...She had read a few books on acupuncture, attended a local open house on the topic and underwent acupuncture treatments for...
- Study findings on recurrence are outlined in reports from S.G. Yeo and...
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly November 17, 2009 700+ words
...fractions) of radiation therapy (mid-radiation therapy interstitial fluid pressure), using a modified wick-in-needle technique. Median follow-up was 74 months (range, 2-118 months). The Kaplan-Meier method with the log-rank test and...
- Research from Y. Yushkov and co-authors provides new data about biopsy.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week August 6, 2008 700+ words
...scientists in the United States report (see also Biopsy). "However, as of August 2006, average glomerulus yield using the needle technique failed to yield more than the suggested 25 glomeruli. The OPO instituted a process that would increase glomerulus yield...
- Migraine headache, brain chemistry & the "Matrix" point formula.(Acupuncture...
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Wolfe, Honora Lee April 1, 2004 700+ words
...to have a definite effect in the treatment of migraines. However, it should be noted that the treatment frequency and needle technique may have a lot to do with these outcomes and not just the choice of points. It is also the writer/translator's opinion...
- Renal mass biopsies can improve care; core biopsies prove more accurate than...
- Magazine article from: Renal & Urology News Schieszer, John July 1, 2006 700+ words
...mean age of 60 years (range: 28 to 90 years). Dr. Maturen, who presented the findings, said coaxial 18-gauge core needle technique was used in 152 cases, constituting the study population. The researchers found that 85 biopsies (56%) yielded malignant...
- Appropriate technology: adapting clinical services. (practical innovations in...
- Magazine article from: Population Reports November 1, 1990 700+ words
...insertion. In the hands of an experienced, skilled surgeon, direct trocar insertion is a safe as or safer than the Veress needle technique. A recent study involving 200 women found fewer minor complications with direct trocar insertion than with the conventional...
Source: HighBeam Research, Open-Needle Technique May Be as Safe as a Trocar in Amnio.