What Does Soft Tissue Biopsy Needle Mean

Biopsy usually refers to histopathologic examination, which is a clinical examination technique in which diseased tissue is removed from the surface or body of the examined person by means of cutting, forceps or puncture, and pathological examination is carried out. By analyzing the extracted tissue, the type, nature, etiology and therapeutic effect of the disease can be diagnosed and evaluated:
1. Biopsy site: Clinically, there are many tissues and organs that can be biopsied, such as skin, appendix, thyroid, lung, liver, kidney, stomach, lymph nodes, bone tissue, etc.
2. Sampling methods: There are many ways to take tissue biopsy, such as using endoscope, puncture and other technologies for biopsy;
3. Examination purpose: Clinical biopsy is mainly used for the detection of the nature of the tumor, such as judging the benign and malignant of the tumor. It can also be used to determine whether the body has some special infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, or for the diagnosis of the development and nature of the disease before surgery or after treatment, so as to confirm the treatment plan of the patient. In gynecology, biopsy is often used to diagnose cervical diseases, such as cervical polyps, chronic cervicitis, cervical precancerous lesions, HPV virus infection, etc.
4. Impact on the body: biopsy is mostly a traumatic examination, which may cause certain damage to the body. Different sampling methods have different damage degrees to the body, for example, surgical sampling has greater damage to the body, while cervical biopsy and gastroscopy biopsy have less damage to the body.