Factors predicting the need for tube thoracostomy in patients with iatrogenic pneumothorax associated with computed tomography-guided transthoracic needle biopsy

Objectives: Traumatic iatrogenic pneumothorax occurs most often after a transthoracic needle biopsy. Since this procedure has become a common outpatient intervention, emergency department admissions of post-biopsy pneumothorax patients have increased. The aim of this study was to determine the facto...

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Main Authors: İbrahim Ulaş Özturan, Nurettin Özgür Doğan, Cansu Alyeşil, Murat Pekdemir, Serkan Yılmaz, Hüseyin Fatih Sezer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-09-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247318300839