Predictors of technical success and rate of complications of image-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung needle biopsy of pulmonary tumors.

Predictors of technical success and rate of complications of image-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung needle biopsy of pulmonary tumors.

PURPOSE:To investigate predictors of technical success and complications of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of potentially malignant pulmonary tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:From 2008 to 2009, technical success and rate of complications of CT-guided percutaneou...

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Main Authors: Stephan Otto, Birger Mensel, Nele Friedrich, Sophia Schäfer, Christoph Mahlke, Wolfram von Bernstorff, Karen Bock, Norbert Hosten, Jens-Peter Kühn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4391827?pdf=render

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