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CT guided biopsy is performed to give a detailed picture of your body tissue and organs which help take a small tissue through a needle as a sample for testing. This helps to give a a proper diagnosis and evaluate the treatment. CT scan is the safest and fastest way to let guide the needle inside without doing an open surgery.
When you schedule your integrated CT guided biopsy, you will receive detailed instructions on how to prepare. For example, you may be told to drink nothing but water beginning at midnight the night before your appointment and instructed to not eat or drink anything for at least six hours before your biopsy begins.
Women should tell their doctors if there is any chance they may be pregnant because a CT scan could put the baby at risk. If in doubt, make sure to take a pregnancy test before performing the scan.
CT scans cannot be done in lactating women. If it is absolutely necessary, you should pump and store your breast milk beforehand. Until the radiotracer is completely gone from your system, you cannot feed your baby the breast milk and need to pump your breast milk and discard it till the traces are gone.
Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Genpril, Haltran, IBU, Menadol, Midol, Motrin), or vitamin E for 3-7 days prior to the biopsy.
You may also want to check your insurance plan to find out what it covers and whether you will have any out-of-pocket costs associated with the scan.
Your entire current medical file and prescription set to be aware of your medical conditions and any sort of allergies.
You need to share details of any blood related disease and diabetes along with reports.
Serum Creatinine reports(not older than 4 weeks) are required to check for the health of your kidneys in case we need to use contrast media to get better images during the scan. The values help us decide on the type of contrast media to be used.
Total time – 4-5 hrs. approx.
Patient history/consent: 5-10 mins.
Medicine preparation & injection: 10-15 mins.
On table time -15- 20 mins.
Observation time post scan – 5-10 mins.
The process you will follow when you go for a CT guided biopsy is as follows:
If a contrast dye is used, it will be given to you by mouth (oral contrast) or injected into a vein in your arm (intravenous).
Before the test, you will need to change into a hospital gown and remove any jewellery or metal objects that you are wearing.
The CT scanning machine is shaped like a doughnut. You will be made to lie on the imaging bed. After you have been positioned properly, the helper leaves the scanning room. The technician present in the control room can see you through a glass window. If there is no visibility to the scanning room from the control room patients are fully monitored through closed circuit television screen. The technician communicates with you through an intercom.
The bed is moved slowly through the scanner. The X-ray machine will rotate around you and produce several images of thin slices of your body. You will need to lie very still while the images are being captured.
When needed, the technician will instruct you to hold your breath for several seconds so that you remain still. The scanning takes about 15-20 minutes on the scanning table.
Sometimes, a delayed scan/re-scan may be required at times.
The images created during the scan will be reviewed by the radiologist.
For appointment call 8869906990 or write at contact@medcarediagnostics.com atleast 1 or 2 days prior to the required date of appointment.
(if another scheduled patient has cancelled we may consider taking in walk-in patients. Do check in with our reception and our billing executives at our centre.)
We may have to reschedule or cancel appointments at times because of reasons beyond our control – short-supply or no supply of the isotope used for the scan from an external source, machine breakdowns, etc.
As we have no control over this situation, Medcare Diagnostics would not be held liable for any harm or loss arising out of such cancellations.
Specialist in Imaging Diagnostics and Nuclear Medicine – CT scan, PET-CT scan, Nuclear Medicine/ Gamma scans and more.
Specialist in Imaging Diagnostics and Nuclear Medicine – CT scan, PET-CT scan, Nuclear Medicine/ Gamma scans and more.
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