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Chapters in the ultrasound-guided biopsies section include
chapters describing how to perform ultrasound-guided
biopsies of the liver, kidney, breast, thyroid, and lymph nodes,
as well as chapters dedicated to endovaginal procedures and
transrectal prostate biopsy. Chapters in the ultrasound-
guided access and drainage section include chapters on
vascular access; the placement of percutaneous nephrostomy,
cholecystostomy, and cystostomy tubes; and paracentesis,
thoracentesis, and musculoskeletal joint interventions.
The ultrasound-guided percutaneous therapy section
includes chapters on thermal ablation of liver and renal lesions,
percutaneous sclerosis of vascular malformations, and
management of postcatheterization pseudoaneurysms. The
sonohysterography section contains a single chapter on
sonohysterography.
Each chapter is written by an experienced interventionalist.
The chapter authors walk the reader through the performance
of each procedure in a step-by-step fashion. Indications,
contraindications, preprocedural evaluation, equipment,
technique, postprocedural evaluation, and potential compli-
cations and their management are discussed for each proce-
dure. The information provided is quite detailed, including
suggestions for needle size and specifics on the types of
prophylactic antibiotics to use and their doses, when appro-
priate. Scattered throughout the book are a few very detailed
suggestions clearly gleaned from years of experience, such as
how to minimize blood in thyroid fine needle aspirates.
The vast majority of the chapters are very well illustrated,
with abundant annotated ultrasound images showing how
each procedure is performed in a step-by-step fashion.
Cartoon drawings are provided alongside many of the ultra-
sound images and are used effectively to clarify the
ultrasound images. The reader will likely feel as if he or
she has adequate knowledge to perform the more simple
procedures (eg, solid organ biopsies, fluid collection
drainages) after reading this book. However, the relative
paucity of annotated illustrations in the musculoskeletal
joint interventions chapter stands out as a relative weakness
of the book. The reader may have to look for other sources
if he or she wants to learn how to do some of the muscu-
loskeletal procedures described. Also, specifics of machinery
operation for the thermal ablation chapters were beyond the
scope of this book.
This book is a great, up-to-date resource for residents who
are learning how to perform ultrasound-guided procedures
and want a reference text. However, a relative weakness of
the book for residents is that because it covers ultrasound-
guided procedures only, it would need to be supplemented
by other procedural resources for a given rotation. For
example, although a chapter is devoted to ultrasound-
guided breast biopsies, techniques for needle localization
and stereotactic breast biopsy are not covered.
The book is also a great resource for practicing radiologists
who already perform some ultrasound-guided procedures and
would perhaps like to expand their procedural offerings. The
chapters are quite detailed and likely would provide virtually
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all of the necessary information to learn some of the more
basic procedures with perhaps the exception of some of the
musculoskeletal procedures as noted above. The targeted
audience for this book seems to be general radiologists rather
than subspecialists, given the wide variety of topics covered.
However, so much detailed information is provided in this
volume that a subspecialist would also likely learn something
relevant to his or her field.
Lest this review seem overly positive, the presence of
a few scattered copyediting errors detracts slightly from
the book. For example, one of the breast biopsy figure
captions refers to colors in an illustration, while the
images themselves are black and white. A few paragraphs
were also clearly copied and pasted from one section to
another without modifying some of the section-specific
details.
Overall, this is a very useful book for radiologists of all ages
who want to learn how to perform ultrasound-guided
procedures.
Book:
Contents: ++++
Readability: ++++
Utility: ++++
Overall Evaluation: ++++
Utility:
Medical Students: +
Radiology Residents: ++++
Radiology Fellows: ++++
General Practice Radiologists: ++++
Subspecialist Radiologists: ++
Courtney A. Coursey, MD
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Atlas of Sectional Anatomy: The
Musculoskeletal System
Torsten B. Moeller and Dr Emil Reif. Thieme, New
York, 2009, 289 pp, 796 illustrations, $159.95,
hardcover.
Atlas of Sectional Anatomy: The Musculoskeletal System by Dr
Torsten B. Moeller and Dr Emil Reif of Caritas Hospital in
Dillingen, Germany, is a superbly illustrated, comprehensive
presentation of the normal sectional anatomy of the musculo-
skeletal (MSK) system. This highly detailed atlas provides
color illustrations with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging
correlative anatomy to aid clinicians and radiologists alike in
the diagnosis of diseases affecting the joints, soft tissues, bones,
and bone marrow.
The atlas sections include coronal whole-body, temporo-
mandibular joint, spine, and upper and lower extremity
illustrations and imaging. The section on the temporoman-
dibular joint includes MR images and illustrations in the
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coronal and sagittal mouth open and closed planes. The Atlas of Sectional Anatomy: The Musculoskeletal System is an
upper extremity section includes MR images and illustra- excellent anatomic atlas with informative detail and high-
tions of arm axial, shoulder coronal and sagittal, elbow quality illustrations and imaging. The atlas is a handy reference
coronal and sagittal, and hand coronal and sagittal planes. for normal MSK anatomy for radiologists in training and in
The lower extremity section includes MR images and illus- practice and should be on the bookshelves of all radiologists
trations of leg axial, hip coronal and sagittal, knee coronal interpreting MSK MR images.
and sagittal, and foot coronal and sagittal planes. A precise,
full-color drawing accompanies each high-quality sectional Book:
image. Following the model of whole-body imaging atlases, Contents: ++++
this MSK MR imaging atlas provides complete representa- Readability: N/A
tions of the spinal column and upper and lower extremities. Perceived Accuracy: ++++
The contiguous images of the extremities in the axial plane Utility: +++1/2
facilitate the identification of structures extending beyond Originality: ++
joints. Overall Evaluation: +++1/2
I find Atlas of Sectional Anatomy: The Musculoskeletal System
Utility:
useful for interested medical students, practicing radiologists,
Medical Students: +++
radiology residents and MSK fellows, orthopedists, MSK
Radiology Residents: ++++
anatomists, and others generally interested in high-quality
Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellows: ++++
MSK MR imaging. The color illustrations with correlative
Practicing Radiologists: +++
MR images are neatly organized and not cluttered at all.
Orthopedic Surgeons: ++++
Color illustrations appear at the top and correlative MR
images at the bottom of each page. Key anatomic landmarks
identified on the side of each page with a small body part Jay Prakash Patel, MD
figure with a red line in section representing which plane Emory University
is being imaged. Atlanta, GA

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