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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1949;31:146-149.
© 1949 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

TREPHINE BIOPSY OF BONE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LUMBAR VERTEBRAL BODIES

Robert S. Siffert M.D.1 and Alvin M. Arkin M.D.1

1 Orthopaedic Service of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City

The relative inaccessibility of the vertebral body for surgical biopsy makes trephine biopsy valuable in this region. By use of the needle described, excellent, adequate undistorted cores of tissue may be obtained, to aid in the differential diagnosis of many lesions.


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