The Impact of Temporal Artery Biopsy on Surgical Practice
Conclusions TAB is an expensive procedure with a low positive yield. Recent evidence suggests promising results with USS in diagnosing GCA. With the exceedingly low positive TAB results found in this study, patients with suspected GCA should be investigated in accordance with the above algorithm. The routine use of USS will reduce the number of negative TAB performed.
Source: Annals of Medicine and Surgery - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
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