Diagnostic trans-iliac bone biopsy: Is there a clinical need? Review of consecutive bone biopsies carried out over 5 years in a UK specialist centre

• Linda Skingle,
• Stephen M. McDonnell,
• Phillip Johnston,
• Gavin P.R. Clunie,
• Kenneth E.S. Poole

Affiliations

Linda Skingle

Department of Medicine, Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.

Stephen M. McDonnell

Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Phillip Johnston

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Gavin P.R. Clunie

Department of Rheumatology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kenneth E.S. Poole

Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom