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bam-8851	Jandova, Tereza; Bondi, Danilo; Verratti, Vittore; Narici, Marco; Steffl, Michal; Pietrangelo, Tiziana	The importance of sonographic evaluation of muscle depth and thickness prior to the ‘tiny percutaneous needle biopsy’	2020	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2195	94	53	By using longitudinal ultrasound images of the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle obtained from three male subjects who participated in a recent research project “Kanchenjunga Exploration & Physiology”, where one of the research methods included muscle biopsy from (VL) using the TPNB technique (Fig 2), we could demonstrate the importance of performing a sonographic evaluation of MD and MT before taking muscle biopsy samples. Tiny percutaneous needle biopsy from vastus lateralis muscle; A - Sterile procedure during muscle biopsy at a one-third distal distance between the greater trochanter and patellar top border performed by a trained medical doctor; B - Semi-automatic needle used for the biopsy (PRECISA® model 1310 - HS Hospital Service SpA, Latina, Italy) Fig 3.. Ultrasound images of vastus lateralis; the orange circle shows a biopsy site after 7 weeks (pre-Nepal); A - 48 years-old male subjects without any acute or chronic muscular disease (BMI: 28.0 Kg/m2, estimated Fat- Free Mass from bioimpedance: 77%); B - 25 years-old male subjects without any acute or chronic muscular disease (BMI: 23.1 Kg/m2, estimated Fat-Free Mass from bioimpedance: 79%); images from “Kanchenjunga Exploration & Physiology” research project Sonography and tiny percutaneous needle muscle.biopsy Eur J Transl Myol 30 (1): xx1-xx5, 2020 - 3 - muscle (panel B).	cache/bam-8851.pdf	txt/bam-8851.txt