Surgical performance for specialties undertaking temportal artery biopsies: who should perform them?

The management of temporal arteritis carries a large burden on resources and commits the patient to long term anti-inflammatory medication with its concomitant side effects. Biopsies of long specimens could help reduce morbidity and mortality associated with false negative results and avoid further...

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Published in:British journal of ophthalmology 2002-02, Vol.86 (2), p.250-250
Main Authors: Galloway, Gavin D, Klebe, Bernhard, Riordan-Eva, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Biopsy - standards
Clinical Competence
England
Giant Cell Arteritis - pathology
Humans
Letter
Mortality
Neurosurgery
Retrospective Studies
Specialties, Surgical - standards
temporal arteritis
Vascular surgery
Veins & arteries
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Summary:The management of temporal arteritis carries a large burden on resources and commits the patient to long term anti-inflammatory medication with its concomitant side effects. Biopsies of long specimens could help reduce morbidity and mortality associated with false negative results and avoid further unnecessary and expensive investigation. 1- 3 Information was obtained by cross referencing clinical, surgical, and histopathological records for all the temporal artery biopsies done during a 2 year period from March 1998 to March 2000.
ISSN:0007-1161
1468-2079
DOI:10.1136/bjo.86.2.250