Biopsy of the gastrointestinal tract. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Gastrointestinal biopsy is a potentially powerful tool, but it is easy to do it incorrectly. If clinicians are careless in performing or submitting biopsies, or if they blindly believe whatever the histopathology report says, they are abdicating their responsibility to the client and patient. Two comments seem most appropriate. First, the goal of endoscopy is not to be able to place the tip of an endoscope in a particular location; rather, the goal of endoscopy is to be able to access a particular location and then take a diagnostic specimen well enough that surgery can be avoided. Second, attention to detail is worth at least as much if not more than technology.

published proceedings

  • Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract

author list (cited authors)

  • Mansell, J., & Willard, M. D.

citation count

  • 25

complete list of authors

  • Mansell, Joanne||Willard, Michael D

publication date

  • September 2003