A review of specialties performing temporal artery biopsies in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study

JA Micieli, R Micieli, EA Margolin - Canadian Medical Association …, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Background Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of giant cell
arteritis, but the numbers and types of surgical specialists performing temporal artery …

Demographic and laboratory data may predict positive temporal artery biopsy

JZ Lugo, JS Deitch, A Yu, JH Jang, R Patel… - Journal of Surgical …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Temporal artery biopsy is performed in patients suspected of having giant
cell arteritis. This study was conducted to evaluate clinical and laboratory criteria correlating …

A national survey of practice patterns: temporal artery biopsy

J Schallhorn, SJ Haug, MK Yoon, T Porco, SR Seiff… - Ophthalmology, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To assess current clinical practice patterns for temporal artery biopsy (TAB) among
clinicians in establishing the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Design A survey was sent via e …

Temporal artery biopsies in south-east Scotland: a five year review.

S Gajree, S Borooah, N Dhillon, C Goudie… - The Journal of the …, 2017 - europepmc.org
Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard investigation for the diagnosis of giant cell
arteritis. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the use of temporal artery …

The length of superficial temporal artery biopsies

NS Sharma, JL Ooi, BH McGarity… - ANZ journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: To compare temporal artery biopsy specimen lengths from a tertiary care and a
community hospital in New South Wales to recommended clinical guidelines in suspected …

The impact of temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital

E Kaltsonoudis, E Pelechas, A Papoudou-Bai… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is useful in assisting with giant cell arteritis (GCA)
diagnosis but lacks sensitivity. The aim of our study was to assess the diagnostic impact of …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of the bilateral temporal artery biopsy for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis

K Mehta, M Eid, A Gangadharan, A Pritchard… - Journal of Vascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective A surgical temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is the gold standard for diagnosis of giant
cell arteritis (GCA). The necessity of performing a bilateral biopsy remains under debate …

Temporal artery biopsy as a means of diagnosing giant cell arteritis: is there over-utilization?

BJ Goslin, MH Chung - The American Surgeon, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is often recommended for patients suspected of having
temporal arteritis. The sensitivity of TAB varies widely and is dependent upon a number of …

Temporal artery biopsy for giant cell arteritis: retrospective audit

H Saedon, M Saedon, S Goodyear… - JRSM short …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is performed in suspected cases of sight-
threatening giant cell arteritis (GCA). We aimed to determine the feasibility of TAB in patients …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of giant cell arteritis by temporal artery biopsy is associated with biopsy length

C Ruediger, J Ninan, K Dyer, S Lyne, J Tieu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
AIMS: Temporal artery biopsy is the primary method for establishing a diagnosis of GCA.
The optimal temporal artery biopsy (TAB) length for accurate histological GCA diagnosis has …