Pneumothorax Complicating Coaxial and Non-Coaxial CT-Guided Lung Biopsy: Comparative Analysis
N Nour-Eldin Mohammed, T Lehnert, N Naguib, T Gruber-Rouh, A Emam, A Alsubhi, T Vogl · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2015 · Heft 04
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Zielsetzung: To assess the scope and determining risk factors related to the development of pneumothorax throughout CT-guided biopsy of pulmonary lesions in coaxial and non-coaxial techniques and the outcome of its management. Material und Methodik: The study included CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsies in 650 consecutive patients (407 males, 243 females; mean age 54.6 years, SD: 5.2) in a retrospective design. Patients were classified according to lung biopsy technique into coaxial group (318 lesions) and non-coaxial group (332 lesions). Ergebnisse: The incidence of pneumothorax was less in the non-coaxial gro…
