%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of temporal artery biopsy on surgical practice
%A Adam Thomas Cristaudo
%A Rasika Hendahewa
%A Ryo Mizumoto
%J Archive of "Annals of Medicine and Surgery".
%D 2016
%R 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.09.004
%X Giant cell arteritis (GCA) has the potential to cause irreversible blindness and stroke in affected patients [1¨C4]. Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) remains the gold standard test for GCA [6¨C8]. Recent literature suggests that TAB does not change management of patients with suspected GCA and that ultrasound scan (USS) may be sufficient enough alone to confirm the diagnosis [9¨C11,13]. The aim of this study is to therefore determine the impact of TAB on current surgical practice and emergency theatre services
%K Temporal arteries
%K Giant cell arteritis
%K Ultrasonography
%K Magnetic resonance imaging
%K Positron-emission tomography
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037119/