A Multicenter Study of Needle Size and Safety for Splenic Biopsy

January 23, 2024

In this publication, we show that an 18G needle splenic biopsy is as safe as a splenic biopsy with smaller needles. So, even if it is daunting, you can still biopsy the spleen.

Multi-institutional collaboration is the key to obtaining meaningful data. Thank you to the Society of Abdominal Radiology and Drs. Stu Silverman and Alec Megibow for their vision to create DFPs!

Read more: https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.230453