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. 2018 Mar 10;5(3):ofy037. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy037

Table 3.

Diagnostic Yield of Different Vertebral Biopsy Methodsa

Method Diagnostic Yield (%)
Open biopsy 21 of 30 (70)
Fine needle aspirate 7 of 17 (41)
Core biopsy 3 of 10 (30)

P values: open vs FNAB P = .05; open vs core P = .02; FNAB vs core P = .56.

aNot mutually exclusive.