Percutaneous interventions in the presacral space: CT-guided precoccygeal approach--early experience

A computed tomography (CT)-guided, precoccygeal approach was used for interventions in the presacral space in four patients (three biopsies, one abscess drainage). Localization comprised palpation of the coccyx and measurement of the distance from the coccyx to the lesion on a prone CT scan. This ap...

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Published in:	Radiology Vol. 213; no. 3; p. 901
Main Author:	Trambert, J J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-12-1999
Subjects:	Aged Biopsy, Needle - instrumentation Cicatrix - diagnostic imaging Cicatrix - pathology Coccyx - diagnostic imaging Coccyx - pathology Drainage - instrumentation Female Humans Male Middle Aged Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnostic imaging Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology Rectal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Rectal Neoplasms - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed - instrumentation
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Summary:	A computed tomography (CT)-guided, precoccygeal approach was used for interventions in the presacral space in four patients (three biopsies, one abscess drainage). Localization comprised palpation of the coccyx and measurement of the distance from the coccyx to the lesion on a prone CT scan. This approach provided an easy, straight vector to all points in the presacral space and involved no radiation exposure to the physician.
ISSN:	0033-8419
DOI:	10.1148/radiology.213.3.r99dc15901