The incidence of serious infection after common ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration (a form of biopsy) and thoracentesis (procedure involving needle drainage of the ...

Sonex Health, Inc. (Sonex Health) and The Institute of Advanced Ultrasound Guided Procedures announced today the second of several important peer-reviewed papers reporting data from its Post-Market ...

Using mannequins to teach doctors-in-training how to do ultrasound-guided procedures is an effective way to improve their skills without compromising patient care and safety, according to a new study.

PATERSON, N.J.—The first-ever casebook on ultrasound-guided vascular access procedures offers practical solutions to complex bedside challenges with an emphasis on improving patient safety. Now ...

A liver biopsy is a diagnostic procedure that samples a person’s liver tissue to check for any abnormalities. Specialists, such as imaging physicians and diagnostic medical sonographers, may use an ...

Regional anaesthesia is used to enable surgery to be performed on specific parts of the body while the patient remains awake. Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block uses ultrasound to facilitate easy ...

Serious infections as a result of ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration, and thoracentesis would rarely happen, according to a study. Ultrasound imaging, also called ...

Catheterisation of the epidural space (an 'epidural') is a common way of providing pain relief for childbirth or surgery. Ultrasound guidance may be used to help position the tip of the catheter in ...

DETROIT – Using mannequins to teach doctors-in-training how to do ultrasound-guided procedures is an effective way to improve their skills without compromising patient care and safety, according to a ...

The advent of optical (i.e. laparoscopy, cystoscopy) and fluoroscopic (i.e. X-ray) imaging made possible the development of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, allowing surgeons ...

While the number of ultrasound-guided procedures increased by almost 100 percent between 2004 and 2010, these procedures weren't necessarily performed by radiologists, according to a study published ...