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Jean Guffey Johnson, MD; Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA; Curtis E. Margo, MD, MPH; Philip Foulis, MD, MPH

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(5):703.

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The frequency of unintended vein or peripheral nerve biopsy with temporal artery biopsy has not been addressed specifically in the literature. The results of an inadvertent biopsy of a temporal vein or branch of the facial or auriculotemporal nerve are not inconsequential. Depending on the precise location in the temporal region and the type of peripheral nerve (motor or sensory), inadvertent peripheral nerve biopsy can result in considerable morbidity.¹ It also requires that the procedure be repeated to obtain the correct tissue and, in some institutions, triggers a tissue committee review and clarification from the surgeon for the discrepancy between the intended and submitted tissue.

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We examined the frequency of unintended biopsy of a vein or peripheral nerve among consecutive patients undergoing temporal artery biopsy at 2 institutions (James A. Haley Veterans' . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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