Pneumothorax and Dependent versus Nondependent Patient Position after Needle Biopsy of the Lung

Abstract

The results suggest that the puncture-site-down postbiopsy position may not affect either the incidence of postbiopsy pneumothorax or the incidence of pneumothorax that requires chest tube placement.

Comparison of fully automated and semi-automated biopsy needles for lung biopsy under CT fluoroscopic guidance

“…In our study, the most frequent complication was pneumothorax in both groups (Monopty group, 44.0%; Temno group, 48.3%), which is similar to those in previous reports [7,25,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Also, the complication rates did not differ significantly between procedures using these two needles and were similar to those in previous reports of lung biopsy.…”

“…The most common complication of CT scan-guided lung biopsy is pneumothorax, with a frequency ranging from 17.9% [25] to 54.3% [7,25,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Haemoptysis is also well known as a biopsy-induced complication, with a frequency ranging from 2.0% [32] to 10.1% [6].…”

Diagnostic performance of percutaneous lung biopsy using automated biopsy needles under CT-fluoroscopic guidance for ground-glass opacity lesions

“…The most common complication of CT-guided lung biopsy is pneumothorax, with a frequency ranging from 17.9% [30] to 54.3% [34] according to previous reports [30,31,[41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. These reports reveal a frequency of chest tube placement ranging from 2.0% [43] to 15.0% [34] of all biopsy procedures.…”

Perkütan Transtorasik Akciger ve Kemik Biyopsileri

“…İğne ile geçilen akciğer alanı ve lezyonun plevra tabanlı olmaması durumlarında pnömotoraks riski mevcuttur. Biyopsi sonrası pozisyonun pnömotoraks ile ilişkisi olmadığı gösterilmiştir [16].…”