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From: Abdominal fat pad biopsies exhibit good diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected transthyretin amyloidosis

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Abdominal fat pad biopsy procedure. How we perform an abdominal fat pad biopsy using an 8 mm skin punch. a Local anaesthesia with premixed lidocaine (10 mg/ml) with adrenaline (5 μg/ml) after disinfection with chlorhexidine (5 mg/ml). b Skin punch after applying a sterile drape and using sterile gloves. c Biopsy sample. d Cutting out additional fat using a pair of forceps and a pair of scissors. e Suture with thread size 4- 0, two simple interrupted sutures and one central vertical mattress suture is usually adequate. f Final biopsy sample, including skin punch and additional fat, in saline (sodium chloride 9 mg/ml)

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