The study goal was to retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and complication rates of a fluoroscopically guided motorized core biopsy system in the thoraco-lumbar area. The data of fifty eight (58) patients (28 male & 32 female) with an average age of 42.13 years that underwent biopsy of the spine using a motorized core biopsy system between March 2006 and October 2013 (7.7 years) at a level two teaching institution were retrospectively reviewed. Patient characteristics (age, sex), spinal biopsy level, histology, microbiology and fresh tissue polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnosis were considered.Objectives:
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