[Effects of stereotaxic puncture biopsy on breast diagnosis in a general hospital].

Purpose: To inform about the experiences by introducing this method, concerning feasibility, indication, procedure, histologic analysis, changes in admission of patients, consequences for the diagnostic work-up of breast lesions.

Material And Methods: In 80 patients, 84 lesions were biopsied. The patients were chosen according to the "Breast Imaging Reporting A Data System", recommended by the American College of Radiology, with slight modifications.

Current practice of temporary vena cava filter insertion: a multicenter registry.

Purpose: To evaluate the current practice of temporary vena cava filter placement and its complications.

Materials And Methods: A multicenter registry was conducted from May 1995 until May 1997 using a standardized questionnaire. One hundred eighty-eight patients were evaluated.

[Ambulant transbrachial 4-French arteriography with particular reference to the aortofemoral vascular system].

Arteriograms were carried out on 176 patients using 4-F catheters through a transbrachial approach. Criteria for exclusion from the series were injuries to the upper limb, hemiparesis or poor pulses in the presence of a normal femoral pulse. There were no local vascular complications requiring treatment.