The +CO2 treatment strongly modified the morphology of spruce needles, whereas modifications by +ND and soil type were small and mostly not significant.
The modified treatment needle permitted adequate distribution of the gel within the tumour, although a better visualization of the gel would be desirable.
For each mouse, 50 µl of a bacterial inoculum was instilled into the lungs with a gavage needle (modified animal feeding needle, 24 G, Popper & Sons, Inc., New Hyde Park, NY) inserted into trachea via the oropharynx.
Therefore, we compared the efficacy of two different injection needle types, a conventional needle and a modified needle characterised by perforations at the side of the shaft in vivo.
Although large series of TJRB using the modified Colapinto™ aspiration needle system have been reported [ 5- 7], the largest series on the use of 18-g automated biopsy needle is that of Sam, et al, [ 8] which reported on 29 TJRB.
In addition, optical windows in the modified core-needle hand-piece enable real-time OCT guidance of the needle tip during insertion and while positioning the needle prior to tissue biopsy.
Four hundred patients undergoing TJRB were compared to 400 patients undergoing PRB, using the modified Colapinto™ aspiration needle system.
Skeletal muscle biopsies were obtained in the basal steady-state period of the clamp from the vastus lateralis muscle using a modified Bergström needle with suction under local anaesthesia (10 15 ml of lidocain 2% (20 g/l)).
With the introduction of the Franklin modified Vim-Silverman needle in 1954 [ 4], obtaining kidney tissue for proper histological diagnosis has been reportedly improved by 96 98% [ 5– 7].
We collected a muscle biopsy of the vastus lateralis of the dominant leg, 10 cm proximal or distal to the knee joint using a modified Bergström needle (5 mm diameter) with suction modification [44].
Skeletal Muscle Function will be determined by: (1) Fiber Type Distribution will be determined by tissue biopsy of the vastumus laterialis using a modified Bergstrom needle technique [ 48].
